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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
All four won reelection by larger margins than did Trump, clobbering a moribund opposition party for the second time in a row and cementing what many hoped and feared would be a new epoch in American politics.
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Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
But a somewhat moribund 2024 and the likelihood of a much more volatile year to come has ended that ambition for the time being.
—Cathrin Schaer, WWD, 13 Mar. 2025
Torres was brought aboard to lead off and hopefully kickstart a relatively moribund offense.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Other terms for that old, and now possibly moribund, order are the Pax Americana or — as Henry Luce, the founder of Time and other magazines, called it — the American Century.
—Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
But a somewhat moribund 2024 and the likelihood of a much more volatile year to come has ended that ambition for the time being.
—Cathrin Schaer, WWD, 13 Mar. 2025
Torres was brought aboard to lead off and hopefully kickstart a relatively moribund offense.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Other terms for that old, and now possibly moribund, order are the Pax Americana or — as Henry Luce, the founder of Time and other magazines, called it — the American Century.
—Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moribund
Adjective
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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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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
Adjective
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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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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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Catalogs of data like mine abound in Netflix viewing histories, prehistoric Facebook posts, and, now, dialogues with ChatGPT—imprints of the way the web informs and commoditizes work and friendship, sorrow and joy.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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Every year, more than one million tourists and Southern California locals stream through the La Brea Tar Pits and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, taking in prehistoric fossils and centuries-old artifacts.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Moribund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moribund. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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