out of date

Example Sentences

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They are out of date as methods of calculating prices, because they are calculated using old-fashioned, preinternet methods and data.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 2, 2026

It meant that the National Security Act 2023, which focused on foreign intelligence services, was quickly out of date.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

For schools still relying on textbooks, AI updates can quickly render them out of date.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Official figures on the prison population in Equatorial Guinea are scarce and often out of date.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

I gave him Physical Science Today! and Language Arts Jot the New Century, which was sort of out of date because the new century was a dozen years old already.

From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt