obsolete

AI threatens to make some software tools obsolete, particularly those built around narrow tasks such as legal drafting, research and other repetitive work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

But many traditional crafts are now on the brink of extinction, as advances in technology render them obsolete and valuable knowledge fades into the past.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

I recently wrote a piece asking whether I’m becoming obsolete, as a portfolio manager and a professor, since machines can now do so much of what I used to do by hand.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Sometimes a talent comes along that renders old paradigms obsolete.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The “new” high school, built in 1939 to accommodate 180 students, had been obsolete almost from its beginning.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Some will claim that a digital, electronic world has obsoleted written communication.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2020

Sometimes it’s a matter of the rules simply being obsoleted and needing to be upgraded, as in the case of self-driving cars, and in most cases the evolution is going smoothly.

From Forbes ● Jan. 3, 2014

"McDonald's got obsoleted on their food," says Malcolm M. Knapp, a food-industry consultant based in Manhattan.

From Time Magazine Archive

That have I done," replied the Statistician, "because the facts have obsoleted the law.

From The Book of Gud by Harold Hersey

Sometimes applied to planes obsoleted by the air service.

From Aces Up by Covington Clarke

“Earlier in 2026, fears around AI disrupting — or even obsoleting — software business models dominated the narrative,” he noted, with the chart above highlighting software stocks that have “managed to claw back losses.”

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026

Frequently when a change is made to some RFC that causes a new one to be issued obsoleting others, the new RFC only contains explanations and motivations for the change.

From Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet by Ed Krol