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Recent Examples of decommissioned
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.
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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
Zohran Mamdani picked a decommissioned subway station beneath City Hall as the venue for his private swearing-in ceremony as New York City's new mayor — a symbolic choice for a candidate who rode to victory on pledges such as free public transit.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025
The funds, which will be paid back over 20 years, also will be put toward final site work, including grading, paving and the installation of several stormwater ponds and the demolition of old, decommissioned infrastructure.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 22 Dec. 2025
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
Zohran Mamdani picked a decommissioned subway station beneath City Hall as the venue for his private swearing-in ceremony as New York City's new mayor — a symbolic choice for a candidate who rode to victory on pledges such as free public transit.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025
The funds, which will be paid back over 20 years, also will be put toward final site work, including grading, paving and the installation of several stormwater ponds and the demolition of old, decommissioned infrastructure.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 22 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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Doubs was also inactive in Weeks 13-14 due to a concussion.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Lawyers for Byrd and Smart & Safe Florida are appealing Sjostrom’s decisions at the 1st District Court of Appeal, with the state challenging part of the ruling dealing with inactive voters and the committee appealing the part of the ruling about out-of-state petition gatherers.—
Dara Kam,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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His high school career lasted just two games before a broken collarbone ended it prematurely.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
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Private insurance often covers a finite number of occupational or physical therapy sessions that would help someone recover from, say, a surgery or a broken bone.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The Info menu indicates the right rear sensor is inoperative.—
John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs And Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast,
Hartford Courant,
10 Jan. 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 vehicles.—
Andrea Guzmán,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Jan. 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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When heading out to look for lamps, take a lightbulb along to test them in-store, but also consider rewiring nonfunctional pieces.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2026
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Much of it eventually became nonfunctional.—
Matt Randolph,
Forbes.com,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Brown’s statement on Monday was mostly useless corporate-speak.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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This tiny amount of copper acts as a molecular steering wheel, preventing sugar molecules from shattering into useless carbon dioxide.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Decommissioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decommissioned. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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