obsolescence

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Polished after-hours programs with a live audience, large teams of writers and producers and high-priced hosts are fighting off obsolescence as traditional TV audiences get smaller and ad revenues shrink.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Are the critics of the current era flagging their age and risking their obsolescence?

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Current and former workers at the plant described the obsolescence rationale as camouflage for a cold-eyed decision to offshore manufacturing to a lower-cost country.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

“My own view is that AI will indeed be revolutionary, but many of the claims around imminent mass job losses and widespread software obsolescence were overstated,” Reid wrote.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

There are pyramids of imported chocolates, an ice cream counter, aisles and aisles of fancy cookies and canned gourmet food, ticking away like little clocks toward the obsolescence dates stamped on their packages.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood