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superannuate

[soo-per-an-yoo-ayt] / ˌsu pərˈæn juˌeɪt /
VERB
obsolesce
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He might turn in the dictionary to annual, anniversary, and annuity, but he must fall back on his acquired knowledge for such as, biennial, centennial, millennium, perennial, and superannuate.

From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Elmer W. Cavins

If I was a Lord of the Admiralty I’d promote you to-day and superannuate you to-morrow.

From The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley by William Henry Giles Kingston

But no time can superannuate the subjects which Burns has sung; they are rooted in the primary strata, which are steadfast.

From Robert Burns by John Campbell Shairp

These crumb- ling relicks and long fired particles superannuate such expectations; bones, hairs, nails, and teeth of the dead, were the treasures of old sorcerers.

From Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend by Sir Thomas Browne

He was as ready to offer compensation as we ourselves are when we superannuate a clerk or suppress an office.

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Charles James Lever

And yet the digital media giant, which recently began hijacking Christmas with the NFL, continues to lean in to these superannuated sports fliers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

Disney may have figured that it had a couple of surefire hits in its pipeline with “The Marvels” and “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” a sequel in that already superannuated series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2024

But President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is modernizing this superannuated city, fast.

From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2023

Before they can solve that mystery and save their lives, the superannuated Sphinxes have to deal with the vicious Brad.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2022

At about one o’clock we came at last to old 64, a lonesome, superannuated two-lane road through the mountains.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson


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