become obsolete

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Shares of software companies fell sharply on Tuesday after a release from a major artificial-intelligence player revived investor fears that some of those companies’ use cases would become obsolete.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

Companies include depreciation in their earnings because eventually their fixed assets will wear out or become obsolete.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Shows get cancelled, comedians get persecuted and media genres become obsolete, but those setbacks never have and never will signal the end of the art.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2025

“Each year 2,000 of them become obsolete; they enter the great verbal bathtub of our collective being. Presently circling around that open drain are these words: stoicism, fortitude, duty, honor, sacrifice.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2024

He was certainly the first to laugh when he found that his manners, like his mail, had become obsolete.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis