- past participle of decommission.
- past tense form of decommission.
decommissioned
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Others need a little more help to keep from being decommissioned, like the thousands that already vanished as cellphones took over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
They noted that a nearby oil rig, Platform Grace, has already ceased operating due to declining production and is now being decommissioned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Earlier, a diplomatic source told AFP that the roadmap "offers a balanced and pragmatic path forward, with all weapons decommissioned and a phased transition of responsibilities" to the new authorities.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
The project is located on a decommissioned uranium-enrichment site on federal land in southern Ohio, and the campus would require 10 gigawatts of electricity.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
A regular, nondescript conventional train that has probably been decommissioned, since California rail has gone high-speed.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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