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Recent Examples of obsolescent
In his State of Kazakhstan speech, Tokayev also announced that his country moving beyond the first commercial nuclear reactor to build one or two more to address energy shortage due to the obsolescent thermal power stations.
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Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
For example, its Navy went from 140 obsolescent ships in 2003 to 234 modern ships today.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
But Randolph and Hastings always planned on video streaming rendering the DVD-by-mail service obsolescent once technology advanced to the point that watching movies and TV shows through internet connections became viable.
—Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023
My desktop collection of obsolescent chargers may not obviously connect me with the divine.
—Britt Peterson, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
It’s that they have been made obsolescent, by a decades-long consolidation of media empires and influence.
—John Semley, The New Republic, 18 Nov. 2022
The film is in part lugubrious in its longing for obsolescent objects, in its yearning for years before iPhones (with which the crisis of the film would otherwise be more easily solved).
—Dini Adanurani, Variety, 9 Aug. 2022
Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
For example, its Navy went from 140 obsolescent ships in 2003 to 234 modern ships today.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
But Randolph and Hastings always planned on video streaming rendering the DVD-by-mail service obsolescent once technology advanced to the point that watching movies and TV shows through internet connections became viable.
—Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023
My desktop collection of obsolescent chargers may not obviously connect me with the divine.
—Britt Peterson, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
It’s that they have been made obsolescent, by a decades-long consolidation of media empires and influence.
—John Semley, The New Republic, 18 Nov. 2022
The film is in part lugubrious in its longing for obsolescent objects, in its yearning for years before iPhones (with which the crisis of the film would otherwise be more easily solved).
—Dini Adanurani, Variety, 9 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsolescent
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If a data center is shut down and the building is set to become something else, the data center’s owner will be required to remove all obsolete equipment like chillers and generators from the site.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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Learn about Outside Online's affiliate link policy Is exercise obsolete in the age of Ozempic?—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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But then, the fear that AI could render swaths of the software trade outmoded moved a wave of the savings-for-retirement crowd to demand their money back.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Jones’s novels derive much of their richness from her striking capacity to use literary and cultural tropes that may seem outmoded to new ends.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Its walls of red brick had grown thicker after years of gunked ink, the slats of its wooden floors were wildly uneven beneath the buckling weight of antiquated iron machines.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Idaho is taking steps to bolster its antiquated coroner system following stories by ProPublica that documented how lawmakers have repeatedly failed to fix problems that harm grieving families.—
Audrey Dutton,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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Trump’s 60-day suspension gives Congress the cover to repeal the archaic shipping law.—
Editorial Board,
Washington Post,
18 Mar. 2026
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With news breaking that Meghan was pregnant with their son Archie, she and Harry were widely viewed as the fresh new faces of an archaic institution.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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The tax would constrain current residents who might desire to relocate later without incurring the penalty imposed by the outdated rules applicable to home sales.—
Kevin Cole,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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But when those profit calculations are built on outdated financial models, everyday ratepayers end up covering the gap.—
Andre Johnson Jr,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Mar. 2026
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Charles also had one out-of-date license to operate a school bus at the time of the incident, investigators stated previously.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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One of the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said officials responsible for creating targeting packages appeared to have used out-of-date intelligence.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
13 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps that’s the legacy of outworn stereotypes about corruption or a lack of the type of political will that’s brought more rapid changes to corporate governance and sustainable investing standards in, for example, some Nordic countries.—
Cassie Werber,
Quartz,
7 June 2022
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This colossal tactical error has been compounded by the lingering centrist deference to a long-outworn image of the Supreme Court as a grand impartial arbiter of constitutional outcomes.—
Chris Lehmann,
The New Republic,
10 Feb. 2022
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In some videos, young girls show off their skincare routines with products containing anti-ageing ingredients like retinol.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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Treatments, including massages and anti-aging therapies, incorporate skincare by Santa Maria Novella, the historic Florentine apothecary.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Obsolescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsolescent. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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