obsolescence
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“My own view is that AI will indeed be revolutionary, but many of the claims around imminent mass job losses and widespread software obsolescence were overstated,” Reid wrote.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026
But a funny thing—socioculturally—happened on Mazda’s way to obsolescence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
The film vaults across eight decades, but tonally it’s as still as a rabbit snare, letting the audience creep up to its theme of human obsolescence.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
Those are the ones most vulnerable to disruption and obsolescence in the long term.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
That word, plastered, on the brink of obsolescence, indicates to me what sort of an event that was.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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