Sentence examples for had become defunct from inspiring English sources

It was thought that the institution, an idea imported from the US by Brown, had become defunct, but it appears to have been revived by Osborne.

By the late 20th century the eleven-plus exams had become defunct and the vast majority of secondary-school students attended comprehensive schools, with a much smaller proportion attending grammar schools or technical schools.

Together they tell the story of how, in the years after 1945, a few people fought the government like David fought Goliath to keep canals open and restore ones that had become defunct, and won against all the odds.

It won't be the first time a word has  become defunct through misuse or changing times.

In his hometown Mr. Mack hung out with Parish Smith and Erick Sermon of E.P.M.D., a rap group that has become defunct.

New York Times The United States has become defunct, a racist psychopath holds all of the power and the first thing that the new U.S. government is trying to get working is the mail.

A recurring theme addressed throughout is the nature of 'photography after photography' and the paradoxical nature of the medium in the 21st century; a time when the traditional technology of photography has become defunct while there is more 'photography' than ever.

Significant components such as the car body and rectifiers had to be built by Bombardier based on abandoned production lines, and many of the original manufacturers for the interior have become defunct.

Don't fear if your favorite ride has changed or has become defunct.

Mr. Pearlstein started out in the 1950's painting soupy, roiling abstractions, like almost every other young artist who wanted to be fashionable at the time, but by the late 1950's he (and others like Alex Katz and Alfred Leslie) were asking why, exactly, painting figures had become a defunct and academic pursuit, just because people said it was.

The Daytime parade they once had, has now become defunct.