anachronism

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They also outlasted former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair, who described their presence in the Lords as an "anachronism" and got rid of more than 600 of them.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The Court held that the formula was an anachronism from the Jim Crow era and didn’t account for racial progress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Their opposition to transportation projects and other infrastructure, though supposedly grounded in Jeffersonian principle, was a roundabout way of retarding industrial development and ensuring that slavery did not become an economic anachronism.

From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025

The notion of a TV schedule where viewers are compelled to make an appointment to watch shows has almost become an anachronism in the age of streaming video on demand.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

Not only was the group all black, it was also the only stand-alone all-female professional section left at the laboratory, and by the late 1950s, that had become an anachronism.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly