obsolete
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That made Germans' key strength -- long experience in improving internal combustion engines -- increasingly irrelevant and perhaps soon obsolete.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
The only thing that is, to quote Waititi, irrelevant, out of touch and obsolete is the arrogance in thinking anyone could know it all.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
Meloni's office said those businesses affected were "mostly still equipped with obsolete security systems, with interfaces directly exposed to the internet and inadequate authentication mechanisms".
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Pensions in the private sector have become almost obsolete, and Americans are struggling to cover everyday expenses, let alone save enough money for their old age.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
“I particularly enjoyed your description of me as an obsolete dingbat.”
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
Some will claim that a digital, electronic world has obsoleted written communication.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2020
Sometimes it’s a matter of the rules simply being obsoleted and needing to be upgraded, as in the case of self-driving cars, and in most cases the evolution is going smoothly.
From Forbes ● Jan. 3, 2014
"McDonald's got obsoleted on their food," says Malcolm M. Knapp, a food-industry consultant based in Manhattan.
From Time Magazine Archive
That have I done," replied the Statistician, "because the facts have obsoleted the law.
From The Book of Gud by Harold Hersey
Sometimes applied to planes obsoleted by the air service.
From Aces Up by Covington Clarke
“Earlier in 2026, fears around AI disrupting — or even obsoleting — software business models dominated the narrative,” he noted, with the chart above highlighting software stocks that have “managed to claw back losses.”
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026
Frequently when a change is made to some RFC that causes a new one to be issued obsoleting others, the new RFC only contains explanations and motivations for the change.
From Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet by Ed Krol
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