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Recent Examples of disused Even in her final year of life -- 1997 -- Diana risked everything to walk through a field of disused but active land mines in Angola where thousands risked their lives every day because stepping in the wrong place could mean losing their life or, at best, their limbs. Max Foster, CNN, 11 Nov. 2021 Istria is by hiking or cycling the Parenzana Trail, which follows the winding route of a disused railway line for about 80 miles. Mary Novakovich, CNN, 23 Jan. 2023 And in a closet in his disused private office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington. Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2023 Juneau, like most of Alaska’s towns and cities, is experiencing a severe housing shortage, and the city’s downtown has a large number of commercial buildings with disused upper-floor apartments. James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2022 See all Example Sentences for disused 
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Adjective
  • A day later his car was found abandoned but undamaged in a parking lot near Congaree National Park about 20 miles southeast of Columbia.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
  • According to the nonprofit, Kristin Davis found the abandoned and weak elephant calf while on a trip near Kenya's Chyulu Hills.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The club left behind a wealth of memories along with a site that then lay derelict for two years, with travellers setting up home in the car park.
    Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The association has raised concerns about pollution from boats that illegally dump their waste into the bay, about the damage their anchors cause to seagrass and about the cost of dealing with derelict vessels abandoned by their owners.
    Greg Allen, NPR, 3 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • The Code Blue took effect Sunday night — before a body was pulled from a burning and vacant home on North Avenue.
    Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2025
  • In December, before the fires, the median rent for vacant units of all sizes across Los Angeles County was $2,045, down 0.7% from a year earlier but 6.8% more than in December 2019, according to data from Apartment List.
    Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Compared to the desolate, almost alien landscape of South Dakota, the North Dakota badlands are flush with vibrant vegetation: Rocky Mountain juniper woodlands, cottonwoods that thrive in the Little Missouri River basin, and sunflowers, asters, and rabbitbrush that bloom in the late summer months.
    Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025
  • After the twinkling lights of the holiday season have been packed away, winter can feel downright dull and desolate, especially for families with energetic kids trapped inside by the cold.
    Erica Jackson Curran, Parents, 25 Dec. 2024

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“Disused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disused. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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