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1. best-before date (on food); use-by date
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Noun
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1. best-before date (on food); use-by date
1. Wasn't the expiration date.; It wasn't the best-by date.
1. Was best-by date.
1. Best before; Expiration date
1. Was not the best-by date.; It was not the expiration date.
1. Not a best-by date.; Not within the expiration date.
1. Not expired.; Not past its best-by date.
1. It was not the best-by date.; It hadn't expired.
1. By best-before date; Until the expiration date
1. Is not the best-by date.; Is not the expiration date.