obsolescent

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As traditional, human-dependent techniques and analog approaches to creation fade away, it makes the spirit of these increasingly obsolescent facets of society all the more precious.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 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

For the most part, they remain deeply invested in an obsolescent system that is teetering on collapse.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2022

Though obsolescent, it was still sufficiently alive to be troublesome.

From Boy Labour and Apprenticeship by Bray, Reginald Arthur