obsolete
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There’s been speculation for years when club sports, travel ball and showcases might make education-based high school sports obsolete or irrelevant.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Humanity isn’t an obsolete stage awaiting replacement by more efficient intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
He said some people "might say these values are now old-fashioned and obsolete, but they are important for us and for our nations".
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Investors are reacting, analysts are talking about “FOBO” — fear of becoming obsolete — and organizations are again asking whether they are ready for what comes next.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
One day we may discover that some of our most cherished forms of knowledge are as obsolete as epicycles, phlogiston, caloric, the electromagnetic aether and, indeed, Newtonian physics.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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