obsolescent

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As a function of their obsolescent habits and norms, the American mainstream news media, especially the D.C.

From Salon

The Times’s Sarah Lyall described le Carré as “one of the last great practitioners of the increasingly obsolescent art of letter-writing.”

From New York Times

The later withdrawal of U.S. missiles from Turkey mildly assuaged Soviet humiliation, although in August, Kennedy had contemplated removing them because they were obsolescent.

From Washington Post

As an institution, the media remains wedded to obsolescent norms and ways of understanding politics and society, especially to horserace coverage, opinion polls and a dangerous commitment to "fairness" and "balance."

From Salon

But it is heroin, not fentanyl, that is now obsolescent.

From Washington Post