defunct

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Signage for new and defunct art galleries appear with letters roasted dry by the relentless California sun until the edges of words peel away, looking like they were written in calligraphy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

One early party he planned—a Halloween rave at a defunct plastics plant that was a registered toxic-waste site—was shut down by the fire department after it deemed the place unsafe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The site of Ukraine's defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant briefly lost off-site power in the shutdown, the UN atomic energy watchdog said.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

They also contributed to the bankruptcy of Takata, which is now defunct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

You have made peace between powers that were never at Enmity....In short, the mighty defunct Potentates of Mount Wollaston and Monticello by your sorceries...are again in being.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis