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What is the verb for obsolete?

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obsolesce
  1. To become obsolete.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Bob Dole had the good sense to obsolesce himself, now likely joined by the worn-out Liddy Dole.”
      “Will it have a midlife crisis, then obsolesce and start relying on its children to fix its tech problems?”
      “Many Congolese think that locomotives are panting spirits, and panting spirits are never obsolesce.”
obsolete
obsolesces
obsoletes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obsolete
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  3. Examples:
    1. “This single 31 ounce device virtually obsoletes whole families of current bulky, radio equipment.”
      “Some items in the last set might be plural nominalized obsoletes rather than verbs, but the ones I checked were third-person singular verbs.”
      “It's difficult not to be really impressed with a product that is so improved over its predecessors it obsoletes them.”
obsolesced
obsoleted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of obsolete
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  3. Examples:
    1. “So what is this magic surveillance technology that confused him and obsoleted the court?”
      “What happens if the subject is no longer interesting, or is obsoleted by events?”
      “They are outdated and obsoleted by events and do not contain any prospect of a solution to the extremely serious problems which are both holding back economic development and, in particular, weighing down the citizens.”
obsolescing
  1. present participle of obsolesce
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The problem of changing fiscal terms and obsolescing bargains has been well explained by Daniel Johnson and Peter Nolan.”
      “There is thus a strong temptation to try to eke as much productivity out of a rapidly obsolescing asset as possible.”
      “Given Apple's habit of rapid-fire obsolescing of products, your timeline for the mini may be shorter than you expect.”
obsoleting
  1. present participle of obsolete
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  3. Examples:
    1. “We credit Moore's Law with improving new computers while obsoleting old ones in less time than it takes to grow a crop of asparagus.”
      “Although it has a new chassis, the computer company isn't obsoleting its current systems.”
      “But even those changes are not being made for the sake of obsoleting anything.”
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