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.
Remove that insurer mandate and the free-rider problem 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.
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.
Covers can feel slight or overly earnest, but Vetiver infuses Thing of the Past with warm, lived-in nostalgia.
Printed cards featuring classic family photos and yearly recap letters are becoming a thing of the past.
Twenty years later, such alerts were pretty much a thing of the past.
So can it be true that the gathering of interesting and talented people is a thing of the past?
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