superannuate
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If I was a Lord of the Admiralty I’d promote you to-day and superannuate you to-morrow.
From The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley by William Henry Giles Kingston
He was as ready to offer compensation as we ourselves are when we superannuate a clerk or suppress an office.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Charles James Lever
As he increased in years so did he in his abstractions of mind, and the governors of the charity thought it necessary to superannuate him with a pension.
From Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat
You will have to superannuate it shortly, and return to the old original letter-box—my letter-box, which I remember so well.
From The Laurel Bush by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
He might turn in the dictionary to annual, anniversary, and annuity, but he must fall back on his acquired knowledge for such as, biennial, centennial, millennium, perennial, and superannuate.
From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Elmer W. Cavins
In some cases, the need to usher superannuated politicians out the door is indisputable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The succession law puts a superannuated senator third in line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Its high-tech windmills and superannuated smokestacks are only the most visible evidence of a three-decade campaign.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2021
Typically, promising stars are put through a gruelling training schedule as they pass along the conveyor-belt production of new girl and boybands to replace their quickly superannuated colleagues.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 22, 2019
The talk of setting aside a corner of the pasture for superannuated animals had long since been dropped.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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