passe

While some shoppers and even Ms. Stangl see the term “work wear” as passe, Banana Republic still has a dedicated section on its website called “The Workwear Edit.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

For any readers under 30, this observation will seem ridiculously obvious, even passe.

From Washington Post ● May 2, 2023

That sort of picture is now often described as one that Hollywood has put on the passe schedule.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023

Economists and policymakers have sparred in recent weeks over whether the Fed's "soft landing" aspirations are altogether passe or still credible.

From Reuters ● Sep. 8, 2022

"The matters gothe nat well to passe in Englonde,” he had stated, "nor shall nat do tyll every thyng be common, and that there be no villayns nor gentylmen.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The dreamy vistas of domestic arts, which may have once seemed frivolous, passé, even politically retrograde for some, become a source of deep allure for people of different political stripes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

“The innovation represents something new and is thus creative. However, it is also destructive, as the company whose technology becomes passé is outcompeted.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2025

Even though the Department of Justice released a memo earlier this week concerning the late sex trafficker and financier’s case, the president made it known that he considered the topic passé.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2025

At Lollapalooza’s inception, festivals had become passé, with the US Festival, the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen and the Monterey Pop Festival little more than hazy memories.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2025

Perhaps that explains why we dub persons who are passé "lemons."

From Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China by E. Alexander (Edward Alexander) Powell

The mother shed no tears; when from her bed she saw us carry it away she looked mournfully on, and as we went out she whispered, "Mes beaux jours sont passés."

From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 by Various

"That's right, growl ahead, thou, tes beaux jours sont passés, but for me l'amour, l'amour—que c'est gai, que c'est frais!" he half sung, half shouted.

From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Anna Bowman Dodd

Well, Mozart lived in the last days of the old world, and the old world and the thoughts and sentiments of the old world are certainly a little passés now.

From Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians by John F. Runciman