as in archaic
having passed its time of use or usefulness
mossy rules of etiquette that date from the Victorian era
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Recent Examples of mossy
At the other end of Eilean Mòr, past a mossy Celtic cross standing like a lighthouse at the island’s tallest point, Sandy showed us the Cave of Saint Cormac, its opening hardly more than four feet high, where eighth-century monks used to retreat for periods of secluded contemplation.
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Leslie Jamison, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
One appeared to be four stories and was the shade of a looming sandstone cliff, with a mossy green roof.
—Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 2 July 2024
The mossy, mountainous paradise is a UNESCO World Heritage site characterized by year-round rainfall—so pack those waterproof layers.
—Anna Mazurek, AFAR Media, 16 Dec. 2024
The candle has scents meant to remind you of mossy stone, smoky birch tree, and eerie fog.
—Michelle Mastro, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2024
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Leslie Jamison, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
One appeared to be four stories and was the shade of a looming sandstone cliff, with a mossy green roof.
—Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 2 July 2024
The mossy, mountainous paradise is a UNESCO World Heritage site characterized by year-round rainfall—so pack those waterproof layers.
—Anna Mazurek, AFAR Media, 16 Dec. 2024
The candle has scents meant to remind you of mossy stone, smoky birch tree, and eerie fog.
—Michelle Mastro, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mossy
Adjective
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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
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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
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
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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In the universe of this show, is it considered normal behavior to travel back to your hometown and huff ether with your childhood co-worker before the two of you make out in the rusty old hospital bed where your mother died?—
Brian Grubb,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
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So, too, are the bells tourists can see at Koh Samui’s Buddhist temples, three of which are actually rusty World War II bomb covers, says Boonkaew, the tourism lecturer at Thailand’s Walailak University.—
Ronan O'Connell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Mossy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mossy. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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