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

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

Under the defunct open-seating policy, customers could choose their seats on a first-come, first-served basis.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

His mercurial talent would be nurtured by the 1986 World Champion Joe Johnson, from neighbouring Bradford, at a now defunct club in the north Leeds suburb of Yeadon, a few miles from their home.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

Piles of fallen stone were dotted about amid the defunct workings.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques