decommissioned

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decommissioned
Adjective
  • As one of her earliest albums returns, the singer also reaches a lofty landmark figure for the very first time, proving that her catalog remains hugely popular, even if her career is essentially inactive.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • The Fever's game against the Washington Mystics on Wednesday marked the first time in Clark's WNBA that she was listed as inactive.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • But the murder forced UHG to face a harsh fact: The health care system has never felt more broken to the patients it’s meant to serve.
    Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 2 June 2025
  • Cleaning up debris In the Sunday mid-morning heat, Heather Garcia and Tomlin were outside cleaning their yards, picking up the seemingly endless bits of broken glass.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2025
Adjective
  • While the thrust levers were the final straw, other contributing factors included the lack of regulations prohibiting landings at Congonhas Airport with an inoperative thrust reverser, especially under heavy rain conditions.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • But India, citing national security concerns, has publicly provided little evidence linking the attack to Pakistan, which denies involvement and says that Lashkar-e-Taiba is largely inoperative.
    Zia ur-Rehman, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Drivers say their contract issues center on pay as well as safety issues, including nonfunctioning heaters, loudspeakers and windshield wipers.
    Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2023
  • In 2020, the state of Virginia passed some bills limiting pretextual traffic stops—for example, when police spot nonfunctioning brake or tail lights or hear an overly loud exhaust system.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 30 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • While Russia's surface fleet of ships is less impressive and counts just one currently nonoperational aircraft carrier among its ships, the Kremlin wields a daunting undersea fleet.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The planning process involved restructuring the company’s advisory board, transitioning longtime employees into nonoperational roles, and building a younger, more collaborative executive committee.
    Ritu Upadhyay, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • In contrast, cones — photoreceptors that handle bright-light and color vision — are either rare or nonfunctional in this species.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • What to Know McIntosh stated that the hotline, maintained by the Department of Defense, had been nonfunctional for over three years without the FAA's knowledge.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • And beyond… Generalizations can be either good or bad, useful or useless.
    Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
  • For one, any melasma treatment is practically useless without them.
    Jenny Berg, Allure, 24 May 2025
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“Decommissioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decommissioned. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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