superannuate
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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
Nothing can superannuate its charm, nothing can quench its fascination.
From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Alfred Austin
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
You will have to superannuate it shortly, and return to the old original letter-box—my letter-box, which I remember so well.
From The Laurel Bush by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
In some cases, the need to usher superannuated politicians out the door is indisputable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
But today Iran’s proxies are weakened, its economy is fragile, its population is restless and its leadership is superannuated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
It’s a poignant, faintly surreal encounter, two superannuated grandees coming to terms with their own obsolescence, but Morgan felt it didn’t quite work as an ending.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2019
Two years later, Stallone released The Expendables, the first of a three-film series in which he starred at the centre of a medley of superannuated action heroes.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2019
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
