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outdate

[out-deyt] / ˌaʊtˈdeɪt /


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Jenny said she was surprised at the age of the messages, which outdate various vintage crisp packets from the 1990s that she has found on beach cleans.

From BBC Mar. 9, 2024

National Parks and forests hold some of the last trees that outdate Western society.

From Seattle Times Feb. 23, 2023

For their part, moles, solitary underground creatures with giant paws for digging, outdate even the oldest kings of France.

From Salon Dec. 6, 2012

At Bell Labs, systems engineers spend years checking research developments against rival theories and the existing mechanisms they will outdate.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was well aware that the inventor might be on the verge of new inventions that would outdate the "Pollard," and he wanted to keep anything new for himself.

From The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip "Making Good" as Young Experts by Victor G. Durham

Older data centers did rely heavily on evaporative cooling, much like an outdated car relied on a carburetor.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

The government has insisted it needs to reform the "outdated" council funding system to move money to where it is most needed.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Rita thought it was ugly and outdated, so she’d covered it with greenery.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

At Friday's session, US deputy ambassador Jeffrey Bartos said the existing embargo was "outdated" and "insufficient to address the realities of the war today".

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

In the next ten minutes, I managed to anger or amuse most of them, or so it seemed, by trying to enforce my hopelessly outdated porter list.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Rapid developments in theology compounded the problem, often outdating books before they appeared.

From Time Magazine Archive

A speech and scene like this bear witness to an author and actor outdating and outranking both scene and speech.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Clark S. Beardslee




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