With the invention of indoor plumbing, outhouses have mostly become a thing of the past.
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But elsewhere the death penalty was "becoming a thing of the past, " secretary-general Salil Shetty said.
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Putting a router in your living room could become a thing of the past.
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The contrasting styles the leagues once had is pretty much a thing of the past, too.
The days of students leafing through test-prep material are almost a thing of the past.
Still the idea of cheap dining in Greece is a thing of the past.
The IRA is committed to supporting every effort to make conflict a thing of the past.
Those situations are a thing of the past, though, and Ulyukaev most certainly knows it.
Remove that insurer mandate and the free-rider problem is a thing of the past.
Why is Asia still making an issue over what is a thing of the past?
However, the era of irrelevant display ads should be a thing of the past.
"The traditional beige box is a thing of the past in the United States, " says Kilroy.
The cheap fossil fuels on which that system relies are a thing of the past.
She believes permanent, well-paid jobs in the health system, are now "a thing of the past".
Cashman has accepted that the .290 averages are probably a thing of the past.
Furthermore, with anti-smudge technology, those greasy thumb prints are a thing of the past.
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It looks as if Current TV will soon be a thing of the past.
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Driving hours to work (and paying for cars and gas) is definitely a thing of the past.
Nothing indicates this more than the fact that quick-time events (QTEs) are a thing of the past.
The old practice of grading concussions to predict recovery times is now a thing of the past.
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Without action, ministers said they feared weekly collections would become a thing of the past by 2015.
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Once prices are flat or falling, the annual pay rise may become a thing of the past.
Train travel in the U.S. as a serious intercity transportation alternative is a thing of the past.
Easy credit, debit cards and automatic teller machines may have made scrip a thing of the past.
Electronic paper could make these even lighter and changing or recharging batteries could become a thing of the past.
Regardless of the outcome of the case, light cigarettes are likely to become a thing of the past.
His type of literary journalism deeply researched, nuanced and painstakingly wrought seems to be, sadly, a thing of the past.
Facebook will merge into other entities, and social networking on line will be a thing of the past.
If strikes are a thing of the past, rising health care costs are very much of the present.
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