obsolescent

Example Sentences

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DVRs aren’t needed for streaming services; that’s what has made them obsolescent.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

But Randolph and Hastings always planned on video streaming rendering the DVD-by-mail service obsolescent once technology advanced to the point that watching movies and TV shows through internet connections became viable.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2023

The use of an obsolescent technique to memorialize “Vertigo” is fitting.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2018

Yep, I’m sounding like a hilariously grumpy, obsolescent old fart.

From Washington Post • May 27, 2016

Of the obsolescent god, now but a name, the Atahocan of the Hurons was, while the "Lord in heaven" of the Zulus is, an instance.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew