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How to use the word obsolescence in a Sentence?

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Planned obsolescence just makes it worse. People now expect to get a new computer every three or four years, a new phone every two years, it's a mountain that just keeps growing.

Jim Puckett

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is true that military equipment becomes obsolete over time, but it is premature to say that The F-35 is becoming obsolete. The F-35 is still, by many standards, the most advanced fighter jet in the world, obsolescence in military equipment depends on a number of factors, such as what military missions it is intended to support, the threats posed by adversaries, and the availability of other military equipment that can perform the same missions. A piece of equipment that is obsolete for one nation may be perfectly suited for another nation.

Todd Harrison

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I think Mueller has planned for his own obsolescence.

Andrew Herman

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The Kuznetzov needs far more upgrading and maintenance than The Russians have publicly stated they will undertake. It means The Kuznetzov will be approaching obsolescence when The Kuznetzov departs the yards in 2021.

Carl Schuster

Found on CNN
5 years ago

(Oil) exporters often have very unbalanced economies and rely heavily on their commodities... Eventually, if oil prices signal that OPEC is losing pricing power and facing obsolescence, these regions don't have any diversification.

Tatha Ghose

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It has to be acknowledged that in capitalist society, with its herds of hippies, originality has become a sort of fringe benefit, a mere convention, accepted obsolescence, the Beatnik model being turned in for the Hippie model, as though strangely obedient to capitalist laws of marketing.

Mary McCarthy

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence, and obsolescence.

Bruce Barton

added by anonymous
14 years ago

The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence and obsolescence.

Art Linkletter

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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