out-of-date
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If the data were collected at different times, for example, some of the information -- especially on a fluid process like gaining US citizenship -- could be out-of-date, he explained.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The trade association for the nursing-home industry downplayed the report, arguing it was based on a small and out-of-date sample.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
There are self-reflexive meta gags about “hard-working cartoon writers” and “reappropriating out-of-date catchphrases.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
Designed by Edward Durell Stone, it suffers from the out-of-date look of similar 1960s architecture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
So they wheeze along, out-of-date and sometimes counterproductive, but a necessary consequence of our evolution.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
It’s tempting to think the First Amendment is out of date with the rise of AI, around which there’s so much doomsaying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
However, he also said that the compact is woefully out of date and should be scrapped and rewritten to match the reality of the shrinking river.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
He increasingly battled with a top command he cast as out of date, not flexible and bogged down with bureaucracy.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
And as a result, their numbers are always out of date by the time they are published, because they are typically reported a month in arrears.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
The centaur did not like to be told that any part of his system was out of date.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
