OBSOLESCENCE Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

obsolescence

noun

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 Those obsolescence fears have hit the stock market in recent weeks, as concern over AI disruption spread across a variety of sectors. —

Michelle Fox, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026 Like a kind of obsolescence foretold, Evaporator’s 11 songs don’t really go anywhere, locked into the perpetual first act of circular motion. —

Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 23 Feb. 2026 The pace of obsolescence seems to be moving at warp speed for both AI hardware and software, particularly the LLMs. —

Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2026 For corporates, potential acquisitions, outdated business models and technological obsolescence make such deals a rarity. —

Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for obsolescence

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With the help of an archaeologist from a Philadelphia university, the short swords and arrowheads were authenticated as antiquities dating back to 1600-1000 BCE from the southwestern Caspian Sea near the Talish Mountains region of Iran, CBP said.

— Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
The manners by which stories of heroes were conveyed in antiquity were not so unlike the comic books, movies and TV shows, games, and high-profile PR events of the Marvel Universe.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026