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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for moth-eaten
Adjective
  • In recent years, however, the idea of belonging to traditional civic organizations is perceived to be obsolete.
    John Hewko, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The intrigue: The proposals include repealing a Denver law passed in 2019 allowing adults to possess psychedelics, with licensing staff saying the 2022 state law makes the local law obsolete.
    Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Indeed, Birge’s renovation of a dilapidated house, taken down to the studs, isn’t everyone’s experience, but anyone who has done even a minor home makeover can relate.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2025
  • But owners Five Dallas Partners — which shares ownership with CBZ Management, the company that controls several dilapidated properties in Denver and Aurora — have taken no action to secure the property, Chamberlain wrote.
    Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Tragedies can be examined by those outside of its sphere of destruction, but the groundswell of feeling from Mexican viewers and critics is that there was little or no care taken to understand the cultural grief beyond stereotyped spectacle.
    Lucy Ford, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Founded by artists who grew up in Maryvale, Salcido said the purpose of Labor is to be the bridge that shows the artistic capacity and potential of Maryvale because the neighborhood is too often stereotyped, underrepresented and ignored.
    David Ulloa Jr, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Floridians remain largely shackled to an antiquated system that prioritizes profits over the interests of everyday consumers.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • There’s antiquated equipment that’s still actively relevant for many facilities.
    Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • If coordinated correctly, Trump’s tariff threats offer an enormous opportunity for America’s neglected waterfront.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Lawmakers also met to better understand the difficulties counties face in finding temporary placements for neglected and special needs children.
    Christina Lengyel | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The skull fragments, teeth, jaws and other remains unearthed at different sites across the country are clearly remnants of archaic hominins — the formal name for species in the human lineage — who lived between 300,000 and 100,000 years ago.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
  • In recent months, the Justice Department and the state filed thousands of pages of new records in the lawsuit, including reports and sworn statements from pediatricians, scholars and others who describe Florida’s policies as archaic and cruel.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • People get tired and begin complaining about the sketch.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
  • While their rap beef was a major moment for Hip-Hop and has elevated multiple personalities and podcasts, some people are tired of discussing it; Charlamagne seems to fall into that demographic.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Just two hours north of London, but what feels like an entire world away, the region is best known for its vast, dune-like beaches, crumbling medieval abbeys, and grande dame stately homes.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
  • My family attended an evangelical church that believed in Hell in a way that would have been intelligible, if abhorrent, to the medieval Catholic Dante.
    Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Moth-eaten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moth-eaten. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

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