obsolescent
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“Without this investment strategy, much of the existing housing stock across the country would go into disrepair, become obsolescent, and in some cases become unlivable,” Schwartz said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024
But Randolph and Hastings always planned on video streaming rendering the DVD-by-mail service obsolescent once technology advanced to the point that watching movies and TV shows through internet connections became viable.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2023
The Times’s Sarah Lyall described le Carré as “one of the last great practitioners of the increasingly obsolescent art of letter-writing.”
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2022
The later withdrawal of U.S. missiles from Turkey mildly assuaged Soviet humiliation, although in August, Kennedy had contemplated removing them because they were obsolescent.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2022
These airplanes are obsolescent, if not obsolete, and their crews are trained for reconnaissance only.
From Area Handbook for Romania by Bernier, Donald W.
Vocabulary lists containing obsolescent
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