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Cinder, by Marissa Meyer
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- She thought timing belts hadn't been used since internal combustion had become obsolete.†
p. 46.1 *obsolete = no longer in general use because it was replaced by something better
- Almost all communication was done through the net—direct communication that bypassed the net entirely was practically obsolete, as it was slow and had a tendency to lose connection in the middle of a link.†
p. 196.7
Definitions:
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(obsolete) no longer in general use because it was replaced by something better
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)