Example Sentences

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Spiers now thinks the show should be decommissioned, as in her view, its model is "completely flawed".

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Longer-term solutions for the Hormuz crisis would include even more pipelines, either by reviving decommissioned facilities or adding routes.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Navy decommissioned its last battleship in 1992, after the military recognized that battleships had become sitting ducks, vulnerable to modern military munitions that could pick off the vessel from the sky.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

She also referenced an image on Instagram of Wedding purportedly standing outside the decommissioned U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

I dropped my decommissioned backpack on the kitchen table and filled the kettle from the pitcher of filtered water I kept on the counter.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram