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Noun
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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 -
Elevator operators and tollbooth attendants went through this slow fade to obsolescence with no damage to the economy.—
Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Villainous weirdos like Bronze Age Pervert, Curtis Yarvin, or Jack Donovan who populate the ranks of far-right intellectuals are obsessed with their own fabulism about antiquity, reminding one of the murderous gaggle of privileged college kids in Donna Tart’s 1993 campus novel The Secret History.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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But the capital holds one of the world’s largest collections of European art at the Kunsthistorisches Museum—among the most beautiful museums in the world—where pieces range from Roman antiquities to Renaissance-era armor that once belonged to Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I.—
Lane Nieset,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Old-fashionedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old-fashionedness. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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