as in obsolete
having passed its time of use or usefulness
his file contained out-of-date information that might have been accurate when he was first hired but is no longer so
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Recent Examples of out-of-date
So did the President like his video games, like his music, out-of-date?
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Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
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Unfortunately, myths and out-of-date information continue to inspire fear and dread of the procedure.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
Turing’s lecture notes are in effect a textbook, terse and selective, on advanced math for circuit engineers, although now very out-of-date, of course.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
The medical research literature is filled with promising-looking ideas that never panned out, and out-of-date treatments and tests that have been replaced by approaches more solidly based on evidence.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2025
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Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
Read More: Scientists Debate Why Childbirth is So Brutal
Epidural Risks and Research
Unfortunately, myths and out-of-date information continue to inspire fear and dread of the procedure.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
Turing’s lecture notes are in effect a textbook, terse and selective, on advanced math for circuit engineers, although now very out-of-date, of course.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
The medical research literature is filled with promising-looking ideas that never panned out, and out-of-date treatments and tests that have been replaced by approaches more solidly based on evidence.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for out-of-date
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This means old proxies for productivity, such as time at the desk or visible busyness, are quickly becoming obsolete.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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In an era when career uncertainty—marked by layoffs, automation, shifting regulations, and changing expectations—traditional notions of job security are becoming obsolete.—
Daisy Auger-Domínguez,
Harvard Business Review,
25 Mar. 2025
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In 2018, Russia blamed Israel for an incident in which an antiquated Syrian S-200 anti-aircraft missile destroyed a Russian military transport while targeting Israeli fighter jets, killing all 15 Russian personnel aboard.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Too many fouls, not enough freedom for creativity and an antiquated two halves format have kept him from diving in.—
C.J. Doon,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Mar. 2025
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The chain gang will still be on the field as a backup option, but the archaic measuring system will no longer be the primary way to determine a first down or not on close plays.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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That would have been necessary in the technologically archaic Cohen building — absent the existential question now hovering over the networks.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
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Not medieval Spain, but as recently as the 1980s in the Soviet Union.—
Olga & Igor Alterman,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2025
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Sonja Drimmer is an associate professor of medieval art and architecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the author of The Art of Allusion: Illuminators and the Making of English Literature, 1403–1476 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018). NOTES 1.—
Sonja Drimmer,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
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