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Recent Examples of unmodernized
The rooms, largely unmodernized, are as Ellroy has described them in several overlapping accounts.
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Stuart Franklin, The New York Review of Books, 10 Mar. 2020
According to DefenseNews, the cruisers Mobile Bay and Bunker Hill will retire in 2020, and the last of the eleven unmodernized ships will retire in 2025.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 Oct. 2017
Stuart Franklin, The New York Review of Books, 10 Mar. 2020
According to DefenseNews, the cruisers Mobile Bay and Bunker Hill will retire in 2020, and the last of the eleven unmodernized ships will retire in 2025.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmodernized
Adjective
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In past years, the event has served as a platform for Beijing to promote its national security agenda.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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With a double elimination looming, each couple will perform to a chart-topping single from years past, spanning styles from Cha Cha to Jive to Tango.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The effect was Romantic, reminiscent of an ancient church on the cover of a Penguin edition of Coleridge.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Combining ancient techniques The RMIT team drew inspiration from designs like Shigeru Ban’s iconic Cardboard Cathedral.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The suspect, identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was arrested and charged with capital murder.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
26 Sep. 2025
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That Tamra and Gretchen are both doing the same thing, trafficking in old rumors and nastiness not about the husband, as Meredith Marks would say, but about each other.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Navy said Dry Dock 3 lacks the size and floor strength to support Virginia-class submarines and will become functionally obsolete as older Los Angeles-class attack submarines retire.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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The Bears currently play at the obsolete Soldier Field, which was last renovated more than 20 years ago.—
Michael Ozanian,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But the solid axles also pair with the steering to produce the most antiquated element of an Ineos—either the SUV or truck.—
Michael Van Runkle,
Robb Report,
24 Sep. 2025
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At Dilara Findikoglu, models looked like ladies in waiting that had risen from the dead; wearing antiquated corsetry that was dirtied and torn.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The wrought-iron look gives it that antique feel, and the curved bars add just the right amount of detail.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
20 Sep. 2025
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Other products include Windsor chairs handmade in Lewes, East Sussex, England, by a company called Hope Springs; replica wooden Mackintosh stools made in Perthshire, Scotland, and vintage watering cans made from French copper and antique gardening tools restored by Garden & Wood Ltd.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
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Black-Eyed Susan The old-fashioned black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) is always a winner, and quite hardy in the garden, but breeders have created many more Rudbeckia choices that harmonize well with the color of mums to create vivid displays.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Sep. 2025
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But good, old-fashioned home cooking is not as easy to come by.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Unmodernized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmodernized. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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