Examples of out-of-date in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Here is a list of eligible IDs, and according to the state’s website, the photo ID can be expired and have an out-of-date address. USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024 There’s some slightly out-of-date aesthetic fussiness at Café Carmellini, especially at the beginning of the meal. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024 An out-of-date timetable was fixed to the inside of the shelter. Thomas Korsgaard, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024 Utilities can stall transmission expansion because out-of-date laws sanction these companies’ sweeping control over transmission development. IEEE Spectrum, 22 Feb. 2024 His photographs were formed from out-of-date film stock, strange exposures, erratic focus and crazy perspectives. Christian House, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024 This can occasionally lead to out-of-date information. Bernard Marr, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024 The problem comes from out-of-date standard deduction amounts for married and single tax filers in the 2023 tax bill language, according to the Department of Revenue. Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2024 The issue became widespread enough that the City of Edinburgh council was forced to get in touch with Apple and Google to ask the tech giants to update their GPS, short for Global Positioning System, after out-of-date maps left multiple drivers stranded in a stairway beside a pub. Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 7 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1589, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of out-of-date was in 1589

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“Out-of-date.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out-of-date. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

out-of-date

adjective
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