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That’s in part because of a broken healthcare system—but it’s also down to outdated design.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Social Security’s full retirement age dictates when beneficiaries get 100% of what they’re owed in benefits, but the current rule has become outdated now that many Americans are living longer, experts said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
The largely rural state has been a chemical industry centre since East German times, but many highly polluting and outdated factories were dismantled in the years after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The new typeface really does fit the moment, a time when anything in full cursive is kind of washed and outdated, and soon, no one will be able to read it anyway.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
He was a printing veteran whose hands bore the scars of the clunky outdated presses, several fingers misshapen from old fractures and curled inward like claws.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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