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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
What the city and the general population gained was the redevelopment of a formally moribund area of downtown called the East Village.
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Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
With Anthony sidelined for the time being, Cora is opting to shake things up in an effort to wake up the club’s moribund offense.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
Yet here is DePodesta in early April, sitting in a conference room adjacent to the baseball operations suite at Coors Field, talking about building a model that will account for Denver’s altitude and provide hope to a moribund franchise with five playoff berths over a 33-year history.
—Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Yet, Knueppel should win because his play immediately helped Charlotte leap from perennially moribund to one of the season’s revelations.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 15 Apr. 2026
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Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
With Anthony sidelined for the time being, Cora is opting to shake things up in an effort to wake up the club’s moribund offense.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
Yet here is DePodesta in early April, sitting in a conference room adjacent to the baseball operations suite at Coors Field, talking about building a model that will account for Denver’s altitude and provide hope to a moribund franchise with five playoff berths over a 33-year history.
—Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Yet, Knueppel should win because his play immediately helped Charlotte leap from perennially moribund to one of the season’s revelations.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moribund
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Garden centers aren't giving a refund for a dying or dead plant but rather a discount on a new purchase.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
17 Dec. 2025
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Its older and obsolete buildings have for years been losing office tenants to sleek new skyscrapers that popped up to the west along the Chicago River or in Fulton Market.—
Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
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Simply speaking, much of our levee on private data is becoming obsolete.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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As prominent Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe and conservative jurist Michael Luttig argued, the archaic law was dangerously flawed and fundamentally ripe for partisan exploitation.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
9 June 2026
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The very details that make the genre come alive—the archaic syntax, the outfits, the feelings—are the ones that haven’t survived into the present day or that the writer made up.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Wood beam ceilings and rustic red tile floors adorn almost every room, while the furnishings rely on simple silhouettes and an earthy color palette to blend with the pastoral surroundings without feeling antiquated.—
Lauren Arzbaecher,
Architectural Digest,
12 June 2026
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While that edict seems antiquated with the realities of the House settlement, the settlement doesn’t nullify or supersede appellate precedent.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 June 2026
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This legendary experiment in medieval aviation comes to us via 12th-century historian William of Malmesbury in an account written circa 1125, although William neglected to provide future historians with an exact date for the feat.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
14 June 2026
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The landscape is so wild and the little medieval towns along the way so unspoiled that the two-hour journey seems to take you back in time.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
14 June 2026
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Somewhere from the other side, a rusty Ford Ranchero and Chevy El Camino smile.—
Matt Degen,
AJC.com,
12 June 2026
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At first glance, the rusty sandstone rock formations of Arches National Park seem impossible.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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“Moribund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moribund. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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