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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 Biden administration, including Harris as vice president, promised to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in moribund coal towns.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Nowhere is that better illustrated than in Germany’s moribund strategy toward China.
—Ian Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2021
As part of the 3 Arrows of the Abenomics plan to reanimate a moribund Japanese economy, Japan permitted its government pension fund, GPIF, to invest more of its capital in foreign assets.
—Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
There are stories to be told within that scope — interesting ones, controversial ones, the kind that could get audiences talking and arguing, and even ones that could help breathe life into the moribund state of conservative filmmaking.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Nowhere is that better illustrated than in Germany’s moribund strategy toward China.
—Ian Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2021
As part of the 3 Arrows of the Abenomics plan to reanimate a moribund Japanese economy, Japan permitted its government pension fund, GPIF, to invest more of its capital in foreign assets.
—Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
There are stories to be told within that scope — interesting ones, controversial ones, the kind that could get audiences talking and arguing, and even ones that could help breathe life into the moribund state of conservative filmmaking.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moribund
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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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Kyiv has been struggling to boost military recruitment, stiffen its forces’ defensive earthworks, reform archaic command staffs and boost the output of Ukrainian arms factories.David Axe, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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Amos Hochstein, the charismatic U.S. envoy leading the ceasefire talks, has largely shied away from Lebanon’s archaic internal affairs and the question of the day after.Firas Maksad, TIME, 26 Nov. 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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The beautiful city of Maastricht in the Netherlands is always a delight to visit for its medieval architecture and its vibrant cultural scene, which includes FashionClash, an annual festival every November that’s a brilliant mashup of fashion, art, film and performance.Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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The other new study, in Nature, relied on an analysis of six genomes from remains discovered in Ranis, a cave site in present-day Germany that sits below a medieval castle.Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 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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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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“Moribund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moribund. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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