disuse

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"Any rare changes we do make are usually as a result of changes made by either authoritative bodies or when a name falls into disuse and another name comes into use," it said.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

After a brief resurgence during the Civil War, when it was used as a military route, the road fell into disuse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

This is why the Spanish, who arrived in the 1500s and set out to control the people by converting them to Catholicism, banned the cultivation and possession of the crop, which fell into disuse.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2024

Congress did remove that disability from most Confederates in 1872, and the provision fell into disuse.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2023

“You look like a good boy,” the man said softly, his Yiddish coming out off-kilter and scratchy, as though it had fallen into disuse.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros