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Recent Examples of decommissioned
Eating on the London Underground is usually frowned upon, but one of the city’s most unusual dining experiences lies at the northern end of the Victoria tube line inside a decommissioned train carriage.
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
Located in a decommissioned subway station in the heart of downtown Brooklyn, this interactive museum is well-suited for families.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2026
In April, 2025, as deportations ramped up nationwide, the for-profit prison company CoreCivic repurposed a decommissioned prison in California City into an immigration detention center after signing a contract with ICE.
—Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2026
The complaint points to the utility’s failure to de-energize its transmission lines that night, as well as its decision to leave up a decommissioned line that hadn’t carried electricity for decades.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
For more than four years, local, state and federal officials have pushed NRG to remove two coal ash ponds and the grassy field at its decommissioned Waukegan power plant along Lake Michigan, yet the facilities remain in place.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, was sworn in just minutes after the start of the new year, in a private ceremony that was held at a decommissioned subway station.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was sworn in at a decommissioned subway station on New Year’s Day after rising to fame last year.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
Housed in a decommissioned subway station in downtown Brooklyn, the museum was packed with elementary-school children on a field trip.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
Located in a decommissioned subway station in the heart of downtown Brooklyn, this interactive museum is well-suited for families.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2026
In April, 2025, as deportations ramped up nationwide, the for-profit prison company CoreCivic repurposed a decommissioned prison in California City into an immigration detention center after signing a contract with ICE.
—Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2026
The complaint points to the utility’s failure to de-energize its transmission lines that night, as well as its decision to leave up a decommissioned line that hadn’t carried electricity for decades.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
For more than four years, local, state and federal officials have pushed NRG to remove two coal ash ponds and the grassy field at its decommissioned Waukegan power plant along Lake Michigan, yet the facilities remain in place.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, was sworn in just minutes after the start of the new year, in a private ceremony that was held at a decommissioned subway station.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was sworn in at a decommissioned subway station on New Year’s Day after rising to fame last year.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
Housed in a decommissioned subway station in downtown Brooklyn, the museum was packed with elementary-school children on a field trip.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decommissioned
Adjective
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While the total number of accounts across platforms is unknown, Inman Grant said the number of deactivated or restricted accounts was encouraging.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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So my mother could wear the transmitter in its deactivated state.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Aug. 2016
Adjective
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Aim for the hole and spray into the nest during the evening when the wasps are inactive and aren’t out foraging.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
5 Mar. 2026
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By late 2017, the geyser was deemed basically inactive.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But anyone who opens a new E-ZPass account or is looking to replace a broken transponder will instead get a free windshield sticker, which has radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology embedded into the paper.—
Neal Riley,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The attack stemmed from a long-running dispute over yard debris and resulted in Paul suffering six broken ribs, pneumonia, and having part of a lung removed.—
Dale Denwalt,
Oklahoman,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Every home has that one drawer where unknown or inoperative chargers end up, becoming a tangled mess.—
Kaylei Fear,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Feb. 2026
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The agency has also probed 2021 Tesla Model Y vehicles after reports of exterior door handles becoming inoperative due to low battery voltage, leading to instances of children stuck inside.—
Andrea Guzmán,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Drivers say their contract issues center on pay as well as safety issues, including nonfunctioning heaters, loudspeakers and windshield wipers.—
Zaz Hollander,
Anchorage Daily News,
4 Feb. 2023
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In 2020, the state of Virginia passed some bills limiting pretextual traffic stops—for example, when police spot nonfunctioning brake or tail lights or hear an overly loud exhaust system.—
Michael Tomasky,
The New Republic,
30 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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The freezing of child-care money, as well as FBI Director Kash Patel's Sunday announcement of a surge of federal agents to Minnesota, followed a viral video posted over the weekend by a conservative influencer that purported to show nonoperational child-care facilities that received federal funds.—
Justin Papp,
CNBC,
31 Dec. 2025
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Once the nonoperational car battery has successfully been revived, remove the cables in the reverse order of original placement and drive the vehicle so the alternator can help return the battery to optimal power.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
2 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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One of the vendors whose contract with Cal OES is ending said that the agency has still not provided evidence that the existing regional Next Generation 911 system is unsafe or nonfunctional.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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There wasn’t much else to do considering the Wi-Fi, now free for all Rapid Rewards members, was nonfunctional.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Generative AI in medicine is neither universally embraced as perfect nor completely dismissed as useless.—
Robert Pearl,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
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Computer nerds who’ve never left their basements and mama’s cooking are trying, and have taken over the sport with useless numbers, or analytics.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Decommissioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decommissioned. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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