obsolescent

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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. 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
Adjective
  • But as obsolete as these pregnancy myths might have become, in some ways parents still need them.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Mastery of a particular model’s API or a set of prompting techniques can become obsolete in a matter of months.
    Marco Argenti, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Until Uber and Lyft arrived, ride-seekers were reliant on outmoded taxicab operations.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This has been attributed in part to surging loads from artificial intelligence data centers, as well as outmoded energy infrastructure.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Large events might overwhelm its antiquated plumbing system.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The immigration agent didn’t know what to make of the antiquated document.
    Pedro Rios, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Traditional family law can be archaic, inconsistent and not aligned with the realities of modern relationships.
    Julia Rodgers, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • According to the team, in a few years, entrepreneurs will consider a passive site as archaic as a business without a phone number.
    Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Indeed, the youngest generation of workers are reshaping the world of work and forcing employers to rethink their flexible work policies because many would rather attempt being their own boss than stick with an outdated employer.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Young’s passion for aviation has been lifelong, shaped by early exposure to the private jet world and fueled by a desire to bring innovation to an outdated sector.
    Wyles Daniel, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This out-of-date cryptography can persist for years or even decades and often takes at least as long to remediate to current versions.
    Dave Krauthamer, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • As a result, hundreds of the museum’s videos regarding items in the collection and on educational topics that were removed from YouTube in January 2023 are being restored to the streaming service after being reorganized, with out-of-date material removed.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • Studios already use it for de-aging effects and digital doubles.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Packed with anti-aging ingredients, actives, and ceramides, they’re built to target issues and deliver serious results.
    Essence, Essence, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Obsolescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsolescent. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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