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as in dismissed
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
movie critics tried to outdo one another in deprecating the comedy as the stupidest movie of the year
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as in disliked
to hold an unfavorable opinion of
deprecates TV sitcoms as childish and simpleminded
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Recent Examples of deprecated
On a year-to-date basis, the currency has deprecated over 8% against the greenback.
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Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
So, when a model is deprecated or updated, the abstraction layer routes to the replacement without rewriting prompts or retraining workflows.
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Alberto Gimeno,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Once the new models go live, earlier versions will be deprecated.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Nov. 2025
Microsoft’s first Kerberos implementation protects a password from cracking attacks by representing it as a hash generated with a single iteration of Microsoft’s NTLM cryptographic hash function, which itself is a modification of the super-fast, and now deprecated, MD4 hash function.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
So, when a model is deprecated or updated, the abstraction layer routes to the replacement without rewriting prompts or retraining workflows.
—
Alberto Gimeno,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Once the new models go live, earlier versions will be deprecated.
—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Nov. 2025
Microsoft’s first Kerberos implementation protects a password from cracking attacks by representing it as a hash generated with a single iteration of Microsoft’s NTLM cryptographic hash function, which itself is a modification of the super-fast, and now deprecated, MD4 hash function.
—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deprecated
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Interviewed following his win on ESPN, the 42-year-old Chestnut dismissed, more or less, the impact of today’s 92 degree New York heat on the proceedings.
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The nonprofit, which alleged the county violated the Surplus Lands Act by not first exploring affordable-housing development at the site, still has not dismissed its lawsuit.
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Almost everything that my sister disliked about the paper route was something that appealed to me.
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For all the prior cinematic depictions of storming bunkers and camaraderie under fire, Pressure offers us the quiet heroism of rational restraint in the figure of James Stagg, who weathered his inner storms and bore the courage to be disliked.
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But later, when the same image appeared alongside a photo of someone the participant relied on for support, like a partner, parent, or friend, the fear response diminished.
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Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi’s great rival, who is forty-one and diminished, showed the danger of staying too long.
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The program posed a massive political problem for Mamdani, who’s been criticized by both his allies and opponents for his stance.
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While state studies have criticized the state’s education governance model, voters have rejected at least four attempts dating back to 1928 to reform the position.
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These behaviors are often minimized as personality quirks or generational differences.
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Highlight details are more vivid and color bleeding is minimized.
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The Yolo County Board of Supervisors rejected those findings.
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In May, the EEOC filed a discrimination lawsuit against the New York Times alleging discrimination against a white male employee, which the Times has rejected as politically motivated.
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Moreover, while the greenback has held strong amid the ongoing Middle East conflict, many Asian currencies like the Indian rupee and Philippine peso have significantly depreciated.
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Summerville isn’t so easy to make a big profit on this time, but two years at the London Stadium have chipped away at the bill for him, and no player’s value ever depreciated after a promising World Cup.
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“Deprecated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deprecated. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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