antiquated

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In a series of posts on social media, Colombian President Gustavo Petro appeared to blame antiquated military hardware for the accident.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Experts consider the equal-time rule to be antiquated, designed for a time when consumers were limited to a handful of TV channels and a dozen radio stations if they lived in a big city.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

FCC Chair Brendan Carr has said the existing rules are antiquated and anticompetitive and should be changed.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026

Ouali criticized the regulations as antiquated and intended to benefit traditional media.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

She had a modern spirit that wounded the antiquated sobriety and poorly disguised miserly heart of Fernanda, and that, on the other hand, Aureliano Segundo took pleasure in developing.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez