antiquated

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The Transportation Department is working to overhaul the air-traffic control system, seeking billions of dollars of additional funding to upgrade antiquated systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

In a series of posts on social media, Colombian President Gustavo Petro appeared to blame antiquated military hardware for the accident.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Experts consider the equal-time rule to be antiquated, designed for a time when consumers were limited to a handful of TV channels and a dozen radio stations if they lived in a big city.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

FCC Chair Brendan Carr has said the existing rules are antiquated and anticompetitive and should be changed.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026

Classes had not been held in those rooms for many a year, but they still contained some antiquated laboratory equipment—enough to do some mixing and simmering, at least.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood