obsolescent
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DVRs aren’t needed for streaming services; that’s what has made them obsolescent.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
It was opened in 1974 and is now considered obsolescent; a replacement site in Maryland has already been chosen.
From Salon • Feb. 16, 2025
But Randolph and Hastings always planned on video streaming rendering the DVD-by-mail service obsolescent once technology advanced to the point that watching movies and TV shows through internet connections became viable.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2023
The later withdrawal of U.S. missiles from Turkey mildly assuaged Soviet humiliation, although in August, Kennedy had contemplated removing them because they were obsolescent.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2022
But Atahocan is obsolescent, and his name is nearly equivalent to an old wife's fable, a story of events au temps jadis.***
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew
Vocabulary lists containing obsolescent
"Simon's Saga," Vocabulary from Episode 2
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