as in obsoleteness
the condition of no longer being used or useful; the condition of being obsolete
the obsolescence of the old technology Once a useful tool, slide rules have fallen into obsolescence.
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Such strategies also help address the growing problem of property obsolescence.
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Felicia Jackson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
With the five indelible sisters at its center and its elegant interweaving of Friel’s deep preoccupations—memory, loss of home and innocence, and Ireland’s inextricable knot of relationships with its own history, obsolescence, and progress—Lughnasa is a perennial favorite for revival.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2024
Beguiled by misguided theories about liberalism’s inevitable triumph and the obsolescence of great-power conflict, both Democratic and Republican administrations pursued a policy of engagement, which sought to help China grow richer.
—John Mearsheimer, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
Arian knows that our beliefs cannot be litigated into obsolescence.
—Stacey Abrams, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
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Felicia Jackson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
With the five indelible sisters at its center and its elegant interweaving of Friel’s deep preoccupations—memory, loss of home and innocence, and Ireland’s inextricable knot of relationships with its own history, obsolescence, and progress—Lughnasa is a perennial favorite for revival.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2024
Beguiled by misguided theories about liberalism’s inevitable triumph and the obsolescence of great-power conflict, both Democratic and Republican administrations pursued a policy of engagement, which sought to help China grow richer.
—John Mearsheimer, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
Arian knows that our beliefs cannot be litigated into obsolescence.
—Stacey Abrams, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Obsolescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsolescence. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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