relic of the past

noun phrase

: something no longer used or considered modern

Typewriters are a relic of the past.

I'm looking forward to the day when that kind of thinking will be a relic of the past.

Examples of relic of the past in a Sentence

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Essentially, when Wags (David Costabile) begins chatting with some old pals and tries to pitch them on bringing some money to Michael Prince Capital, he's treated like a has-been, like a relic of the past. —Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2023

Those hardwired phones are now becoming relics of the past. —Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2023

Boundaries, systems, context: these are also relics of the past. —Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023

That particular relic of the past wasn’t cited as a reference, but self-help books from the ’60s, vintage Japanese photography magazines, and the idea of zines were all in the mix as the project came together. —Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2023

Just like airline boarding passes and public transit tickets, our passports might soon make the leap to our personal devices—and turn our beloved stamp collections into a relic of the past. —Taryn White, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Sep. 2023

But such simple occasions are quickly becoming relics of the past. —Zach Mentz, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2023

Now retired from teaching and living in Anchorage, Beaver — who was visiting her old village to help relatives after a death — is glad that those memories will become relics of the past. —Mark Thiessen and Tom Brenner, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2023

Masks and other social distancing measures, largely relics of the past, resurfaced in some parts of the country this week as schools and businesses attempt to quell the uptick in COVID cases. —Marin Wolf, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2023