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		purpleblue on Jan 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Salesforce will lay off 10% of staff as part of re... "Deprecate" is a great example of this. Everyone gets it wrong, but no one seems to care. Deprecate means "to continue supporting but to discourage its use." 99% of people believe it means to end support.

shkkmo on Jan 4, 2023 [–]

Really? I see that word used correctly more often than not, but I guess it depends on what projects you work with.

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