passé

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But these days, many of the traditional Olympic sports are beginning to feel passe to a younger generation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2024

While some shoppers and even Ms. Stangl see the term “work wear” as passe, Banana Republic still has a dedicated section on its website called “The Workwear Edit.”

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2023

"I think the genre has become passe, like beauty pageants used to be a big event on television. It's slipping into that category."

From Reuters • Mar. 24, 2022

It’s a return to a kind of aggression — one country seeking to take over another — that many American policymakers and voters believed had become passe.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2022

"The matters gothe nat well to passe in Englonde,” he had stated, "nor shall nat do tyll every thyng be common, and that there be no villayns nor gentylmen.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White