as in obsoleteness
the condition of no longer being used or useful; the condition of being obsolete
the obsolescence of the old technology Once a useful tool, slide rules have fallen into obsolescence.
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Recent Examples of obsolescence
Which puts the artform on a (hopefully slow, but who knows these days) course toward obsolescence.
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Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
By tracking the version number of components used, an SBOM also helps software teams keep track of licensing requirements, usage guidelines and the possibility of obsolescence.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The 10-inch format soon fell into obsolescence.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2025
According to reporting from The Atlantic, YouTube creators like Jon Peters, who built an audience of over a million subscribers by sharing woodworking tutorials, now face the threat of obsolescence as their videos are being quietly scraped to train AI.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
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Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
By tracking the version number of components used, an SBOM also helps software teams keep track of licensing requirements, usage guidelines and the possibility of obsolescence.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The 10-inch format soon fell into obsolescence.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2025
According to reporting from The Atlantic, YouTube creators like Jon Peters, who built an audience of over a million subscribers by sharing woodworking tutorials, now face the threat of obsolescence as their videos are being quietly scraped to train AI.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsolescence
Noun
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Her subsequent work includes Futura (2021), a collaborative documentary capturing the views of Italian teenagers, and La Chimera (2023), which follows a group of grave robbers dealing in Etruscan antiquities.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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The tackier the better The dominant aesthetic of the administration comes not from antiquity but from AI slop, the tackier and more juvenile the better.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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James Watson, who co-discovered the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953, has died at age 97.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Especially coats and other winter clothing and accessories likes hats and gloves for all sizes and ages and blankets.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Obsolescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsolescence. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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