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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Recent Examples of obsolescence
There are now more than two decades’ worth of experimental websites, art projects on defunct social networks, and vernacular digital images that have simply been lost to technological obsolescence and disuse.
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 May 2025
In This Article Ornate Woods and Detailed Carving Dark, Moody Woods
Curves and Soft Edges
Reclining Sofas
There are five steps to the trend cycle: introduction, rise, peak, decline, and obsolescence.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
Laws are evolving rapidly—noncompliance could mean obsolescence.
—Rohit Anabheri, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
In today’s newsletter: the Trump Administration is threatening to push the Senate from ineffectiveness to obsolescence.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 May 2025
In This Article Ornate Woods and Detailed Carving Dark, Moody Woods
Curves and Soft Edges
Reclining Sofas
There are five steps to the trend cycle: introduction, rise, peak, decline, and obsolescence.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
Laws are evolving rapidly—noncompliance could mean obsolescence.
—Rohit Anabheri, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
In today’s newsletter: the Trump Administration is threatening to push the Senate from ineffectiveness to obsolescence.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsolescence
Noun
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First and foremost, the movie is a period piece revisiting the horrors of the AIDS epidemic with actual horror, transforming HIV-positive patients into humans whose bodies gradually turn to marble, like X-Men crossed with the Greek antiquities wing at the Louvre.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2025
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America had brought into the world an agent of displacement no less profound than what antiquity had known — the raw power of capitalism.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Both found fame in the music industry at a young age, and had to endure their own pressures that came with fame.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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At age 10, he was accepted into an art school in Moscow — indication of his talents.—
Emma Kershaw,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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“Obsolescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsolescence. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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