defunct

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In 2015, he and his partners opened an outdoor party space they called the Brooklyn Mirage in a lot next to a defunct warehouse in Williamsburg.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Before streaming platforms dominated at-home entertainment, consumers relied on places like Blockbuster, the now nearly erased movie rental chain and RedBox, the defunct movie vending machines, to watch newly released films.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

The site of Ukraine's defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant briefly lost off-site power in the shutdown, the UN atomic energy watchdog said.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

They also contributed to the bankruptcy of Takata, which is now defunct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

After all, the Stasi was defunct, its infamous archives looted—many of them sold off, he suspected, to the CIA itself.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau