At least one department has decreed that the form of address has become an anachronism.

In 1967 the trio accepted that they had become an anachronism and broke up.

The term microcomputer has practically become an anachronism.

In any event, income and property qualifications for the electoral roll had become an anachronism.

It was argued by these parties that the position had become an anachronism in the modern multi-party environment, and that the days of a united opposition bloc were gone.