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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 peace process, moribund under Biden, can be resuscitated and the Abraham Accords expanded to include Saudi Arabia and other Sunni states.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Any additional tariffs could further pressure the already moribund economic growth levels across the EU.
—Silvia Amaro, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
Peace talks have been moribund for more than a decade, and support for a Palestinian state among Israelis fell after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks that sparked the war.
—Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2024
The Biden administration, including Harris as vice president, promised to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in moribund coal towns.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Any additional tariffs could further pressure the already moribund economic growth levels across the EU.
—Silvia Amaro, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
Peace talks have been moribund for more than a decade, and support for a Palestinian state among Israelis fell after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks that sparked the war.
—Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2024
The Biden administration, including Harris as vice president, promised to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in moribund coal towns.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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With the capability to create full video from prompts, Sora is going to make all kinds of casting, staging and expensive film operations obsolete.John Werner, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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The invention of nuclear weapons made this thinking obsolete by making conquest among the great powers impossible.Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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This leads him to suspect that his host is a Nosferatu, which is believed to be an archaic Romanian word for vampire.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
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Or will ageism and archaic conventions waste that potential?Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Whitaker has dealt with challenges including a surge in close calls between planes, a shortage of air traffic controllers and antiquated equipment.David Koenig, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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Anyone who has filled out their tax return applied for a driver’s license, or booked a doctor’s appointment knows how frustratingly antiquated government services can feel.Greg Orme, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Everything [in Georgia] symbolizes wine—like the architecture of the medieval century, like churches, even Georgian polyphonic singing, which reminds me of the curly vines.Kurt Johnson, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2024
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Make sure to carve out the time to visit Transylvania too—and not just for those Dracula-worthy medieval castles.Elise Taylor, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
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Today, the caverns hold evidence of both the Maya and the people who inhabited the region before them, as well as the fossils of prehistoric megafauna.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
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These are prehistoric mammal relatives that lived during the Permian period (around 299-252 million years ago) of Earth's history.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Moribund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moribund. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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