become obsolete
Example Sentences
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Shares of software companies fell sharply on Tuesday after a release from a major artificial-intelligence player revived investor fears that some of those companies’ business models could become obsolete.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
And the pessimists fear entry-level knowledge workers will become obsolete altogether.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
“Each year 2,000 of them become obsolete; they enter the great verbal bathtub of our collective being. Presently circling around that open drain are these words: stoicism, fortitude, duty, honor, sacrifice.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2024
Stereotypes of tattoos being only for "inked criminals" and "the unemployed" have gradually become obsolete as body art becomes more mainstream, with everyone from professionals to celebrities proudly displaying their designs.
From BBC • Aug. 2, 2024
By no means: for after the Croton aqueduct, our own railway tunneling, and the Britannia tubular bridge, engineering difficulties have become obsolete.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
