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obsolescence
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No one is better built than Leavy, a crafty veteran sportswriter, for between-innings repartee, wry asides, and tossed-off ideas for improving her beloved sport—and maybe even keeping its ever-looming obsolescence at bay for another decade or three.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025 -
In that case, universities are fine-tuning their students for obsolescence, and the latter are paying handsomely for this privilege.—
Toby Stuart,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Obsoleteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsoleteness. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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