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out-of-date

[out-uhv-deyt] / ˈaʊt əvˈdeɪt /


out of date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times, for example, some of the information -- especially on a fluid process like gaining US citizenship -- could be out-of-date, he explained.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

While their subplot is a worthy ding at today’s avalanche of junk, heaven help us if “Toy Story 6” co-stars an out-of-date cellphone.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

This Florida timeshare sounds like out-of-date cheese with a bad odor.

From MarketWatch Mar. 16, 2026

BBC journalists were able to order so-called skinny jabs to Northern Ireland from Voy and MedExpress using false data and out-of-date images, with no further verification required.

From BBC Feb. 20, 2026

So they wheeze along, out-of-date and sometimes counterproductive, but a necessary consequence of our evolution.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

However, he also said that the compact is woefully out of date and should be scrapped and rewritten to match the reality of the shrinking river.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

They are out of date as methods of calculating prices, because they are calculated using old-fashioned, preinternet methods and data.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It meant that the National Security Act 2023, which focused on foreign intelligence services, was quickly out of date.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

The book invokes James Carville and David Brooks as prominent talking heads, which is about 20 years out of date.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

Those will get saved to the end, and by the time I have the time to deal with them, they’ll be so out of date that I’ll just have to apologize: Sorry, man.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini




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