deprecated

past tense of deprecate
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Recent Examples of deprecated Microsoft’s first Kerberos implementation protects a password from cracking attacks by representing it as a hash generated with a single iteration of Microsoft’s NTLM cryptographic hash function, which itself is a modification of the super-fast, and now deprecated, MD4 hash function. Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025 Apple has deprecated Launchpad in macOS 26 and replaced it with the Apps launcher in the Dock. Barry Collins, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deprecated
Verb
  • Arkansas coach Sam Pittman was fired Sunday, and defensive coordinator Travis Williams, co-defensive coordinator Marcus Woodson and defensive line coach Deke Adams were dismissed Monday.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Pushed to extremes While footage and photographs of starving Palestinians in Gaza have horrified audiences abroad, inside Israel they have been dismissed by many as manipulated or untrue.
    Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • HOAs are disliked by some residents.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Some who disliked the conservative activist have posted comments on social media that have jeopardized their jobs, including public school teachers in Texas.
    Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • So how the hell did that happen when cinematic box office is diminished generally?
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Cyber threats have not diminished, and CFOs are as vigilant as ever, Gallucci noted.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In September 2024, Musk again criticized Albanese’s government, responding to a post reporting that Australia was considering fining social media platforms for failing to prevent misinformation.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The outlet said many criticized his behavior, labeling it racist, sexist, or out of touch.
    Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Gonzalez, the former National Security Council official, said senior policymakers thought that embassy staff were showing favoritism to Bukele, sending reports that minimized the growing crisis of democracy in El Salvador.
    T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Could the Giants have minimized those wayward stretches under the leadership of a different kind of manager, especially the 0-6 homestand against the New York Mets and Pittsburgh Pirates that preceded their selling posture at the July 31 trade deadline?
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Not in the response from the armed Palestinian group were other provisions detailing Gaza's future, including some Hamas has long rejected.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Sancho rejected a contract offer at Manchester City to join Dortmund in 2017.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Many older Rivian vehicles have depreciated significantly, based on used model pricing.
    Charles Singh, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Their infidelities have left the people of 2119 trapped between loving the expansive then and the depreciated now.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Deprecated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deprecated. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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