With the invention of indoor plumbing, outhouses have mostly become a thing of the past.
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Putting a router in your living room could become 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.
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.
This is the suggestion that under a gold standard government budget deficits would become a thing of the past.
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In his e-mail Tuesday, Ratterman suggests NYSE's hybrid system will quickly become a thing of the past, as well.
Free checking has quickly become a thing of the past as banks deal with new rules on deposit and transaction fees.
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For those seeking a world of mobile devices not limited by technological gaps, tablets may truly become a thing of the past.
Big, headline-grabbing drug withdrawals that affect millions of patients, like those of Baycol, Vioxx, and Zelnorm, could become a thing of the past.
Perez adds that the current practice of health screenings for certain diseases, starting at a specific age, will become a thing of the past.
David Miliband, the environment secretary, told the BBC on Sunday that throw-away carrier bags would become a thing of the past within a few years.
As organisations today become increasingly flatter, and traditional career paths become a thing of the past, opportunities for leadership will emerge more and more from the ground up, rather than by decree from the top down.
But if the new architecture works as well as Intel hopes, it should eventually make its way to the desktop and that sturdy old workhorse the x86 may, at last, become a thing of the past.
With many doctors now using text messages to remind patients of appointments and patients being able to text back if they can't attend, it's tempting to think that missed appointments will become a thing of the past.
Further, the SGR issue is about to become a thing of the past as Congress moves toward reaching a permanent solution to the problem created by an outdated formula that puts physicians in a position of taking major pay cuts from Medicare each year.
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The wasting and weakening of the tissues that accompanies senescence would be a thing of the past, and old age could then truly become ripe.
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