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as in dying
nearly dead
with its run-down look and empty aisles, the grocery store appeared moribund
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as in obsolete
having passed its time of use or usefulness
youngsters snickering at the moribund slang their parents were using
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Recent Examples of moribund
The result is that the United States will face the unenviable choice between relying on Chinese energy technology or trying its best to make do with the moribund technologies of an earlier age.
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Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Another defensive collapse against Texas A&M and 480-yard day by moribund Mississippi State ended September with the Gators searching for answers and making changes on defense — James’ role among them.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
To many progressives, his style of politics—principled, pocketbook-focused, and online—was an electrifying answer for a moribund party.
—Mark Chiusano, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
Trump also wants lower rates to boost moribund home sales, which have been held back partly by higher mortgage costs.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2025
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Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Another defensive collapse against Texas A&M and 480-yard day by moribund Mississippi State ended September with the Gators searching for answers and making changes on defense — James’ role among them.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
To many progressives, his style of politics—principled, pocketbook-focused, and online—was an electrifying answer for a moribund party.
—Mark Chiusano, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
Trump also wants lower rates to boost moribund home sales, which have been held back partly by higher mortgage costs.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moribund
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Take-home tests and essays are becoming obsolete.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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By learning from these craftspeople, AIs can now replace them in offering advice, thus threatening to render the original human experts obsolete.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Logging later resumed under an archaic mandate and approval processes that a past Cal Fire director and others say still violates key laws such as CEQA and works at cross purposes to the missions of other agencies.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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But Vermont, unfortunately, has a lot of archaic politics that allow a lot of abuse of wildlife.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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While traditional wisdom may say to avoid white linen pants after Labor Day, fashion-forward travelers ditched that antiquated rule years ago.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Sep. 2025
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So there is nothing to displace the antiquated image of a pyramid of boxes that remains implanted in our brains.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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But there’s one particularly captivating stretch near Santa Margherita Ligure, between Portofino’s iconic piazzetta and Rapallo’s picturesque carrugi (the town’s warren of narrow medieval streets).—
Francesca Longoni,
Architectural Digest,
16 Sep. 2025
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There are visual references to refugees, immigrants, medieval morality plays, New Orleans funerals.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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On either side of the cool, free-flowing river, hollows flanking the water conceal outtakes from another time—from prehistoric sites dating back thousands of years to untamed wilderness and waterfalls left wholly untouched.—
Katie Strasberg Rousso,
Southern Living,
19 Sep. 2025
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Much of this prehistoric area is buried underwater today, but not all of it.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Moribund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moribund. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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