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Recent Examples of disused The men were taken for interrogation to a filtration camp in a disused factory, where their commander was beaten within earshot of the whole unit. Carlotta Gall Daniel Berehulak, New York Times, 20 June 2023 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 See All Example Sentences for disused
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disused
Adjective
  • But the findings won’t be able to say how abandoned land should be managed, or whether people should try to manage it at all.
    ByDan Charles, science.org, 2 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • The two lone wolves traverse a wasteland of vast canyons, derelict cityscapes and blazing oil fields, digitally rendered on blue screens.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Once known as the Saddlers Club, after Walsall’s team nickname, it had been closed by previous owners and became derelict.
    Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Gaethje also fell short in his second try at winning the UFC 155-pound belt, dropping a submission to Charles Oliveira for the vacant title in May 2022.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The town of Rock Springs sprouts out of a vacant landscape of sandstone cliffs and sagebrush in southern Wyoming.
    Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This powerful film tells of the friendship between a young man and a peasant farmer who has devoted his life to planting trees throughout his desolate homeland.
    Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Orphaned at 3 years old and robbed of her fortune, she’s dragged aboard a ship sailing for New France by her guardian, only to be abandoned on a desolate island.
    Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Feb. 2025

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“Disused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disused. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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