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Recent Examples of decommissioned
After the fall of Hungary’s Communist dictatorship, dozens of decommissioned monuments were sent to Budapest’s Memento Park, including the boots from an enormous statue of Stalin, which had been torn down by irate crowds.
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Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
The agreement concerns the potential development of a commercial fusion power plant at the site of the decommissioned Bull Run Fossil Plant near Knoxville, Tennessee.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
The decommissioned Navy barge from the outside.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
The agreement concerns the potential development of a commercial fusion power plant at the site of the decommissioned Bull Run Fossil Plant near Knoxville, Tennessee.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
The decommissioned Navy barge from the outside.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decommissioned
Adjective
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With the Dolphins potentially short-handed at safety, Elijah Campbell would figure to be active Thursday after being inactive last week.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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Her medical license online is currently listed as inactive.—
Youri Benadjaoud,
ABC News,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And then there’s the wreckage of a broken heart and being left to mend it in an era where technology has plunged dating into overdrive.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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Her dad, Mark, 54, commented with praying, broken heart and crying emojis.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Of those who reported incidents, none saw a low voltage battery warning before the exterior door handles became inoperative.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 2025
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But the speed came from all three levels of Green Bay’s defense, rendering Washington’s offense almost inoperative.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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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While 2022 saw the opening or reactivation of 40 coal mines, 151 mines closed or were nonoperational that same year, an 18% decline from the year before.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
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Assets are nonoperational, or have been disposed of, and leadership teams just don’t know.—
Rohit Prakash,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Internal displacement, malnutrition, and disease are widespread, with nearly 95 percent of the population forced from their homes and most health facilities damaged or nonfunctional.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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There was one nonfunctional small reach-in refrigerator next to the griddle.—
Sarah Linn,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Pattinson plays the character’s increasingly useless husband.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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My French was useless—I was also considered a tourist by association.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Decommissioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decommissioned. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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