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Recent Examples of superannuated Voters hungry for a superannuated boomer president still have that option. David Von Drehle, Washington Post, 21 July 2024 But catastrophic flooding in 1937 was followed by postwar highway building that displaced thousands of residents, clearing the way for I-75 and the superannuated Brent Spence Bridge. Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023 That’s supposed to be bad, it’s argued, because our superannuated political leadership is out of touch with the electorate and blocking younger and (theoretically) more vigorous and intellectually vibrant leaders from taking their hour upon the stage. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023 Her enjoyable pictures, which first featured in a 2014 French edition, show the adventures of four superannuated farm animals who band together to find a new home in an unfriendly world. Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 See All Example Sentences for superannuated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superannuated
Adjective
  • Howitt and Aghion followed up with a theory on how creative destruction allows one technological advance to give way to another, so what's a breakthrough in one generation is obsolete by the next.
    Scott Horsley, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Far from being obsolete, language degrees are the very foundation for preparing graduates to use, guide and improve these technologies.
    Annie K. Lamar, Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • That outlook feels askew and antiquated.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
  • By the end, the old Wembley was best viewed from a distance — ideally 15 or 20 years’ distance as the crumbling concrete and antiquated facilities meant the Empire Stadium belonged in the same bygone era as its official name.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • An archaic Kentucky law had been brought out of hiding in 1920 when Will Lockett, a Black man, was convicted and sentenced to die for raping a nine-year-old white girl from Lexington.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Perhaps, the time has come to go beyond archaic political loyalties and engage issues on the basis of evidence, merit, and truth, not short-term political expediency.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Parts of those medieval fortifications can still be seen today in the museum’s lower levels.
    Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Bruges’ historic city center is seen in the background, including the Belfry of Bruges — a medieval bell tower built around around 1240.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Superannuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superannuated. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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