Sentence examples for outmoded custom from inspiring English sources

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A judge in northern Bawku has sentenced a 70-year-old woman to five years in prison for violating a ban against the traditional practice of cutting the genitals of young girls, saying the sentence should deter an "outmoded custom".

Maybe this will shine new light on an outmoded custom.

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Ben winces at Hershel's obsessions with outmoded Orthodox customs.

He suggests that the very outmoded and restrictive customs that long protected Nepal's monarchy have also been infantilizing and destructive, as much for the country's residents as for its rulers.

"Science is what it is simply because it can break down fetishes and superstitions and is bold in explorations and because it opposes following the beaten path and dares to destroy outmoded conventions and bad customs".

The penetration of Western consumer culture into remote corners of the world tends to be viewed, simplistically, as either cause for celebration or for alarm, a force that will either sweep away outmoded traditions or destroy ancient, fragile systems of custom and belief.

Outmoded equipment slowed research.

"My therapist says" is outmoded.

It's outmoded".

Why do outmoded keys, like ESC, persist?

They are charming but outmoded.

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