Current
Current adjective - Accepted, used, or practiced by most people.
Rusty
Rusty adjective - Having passed its time of use or usefulness.
Usage example: rusty laws still on the books because no one bothered to repeal them
Both words in one sentence
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While the current patriarch Rusty Venture flounders in his father's shadow, he's still a true superscientist.
Source: Science Hero -
His future Homicide partner, Rusty Galloway, is present in the first mission with his current partner at the time, Floyd Rose (who retires later, with Cole taking his place).
Source: Video Game / L.A. Noire -
Bryan Mills in Taken tortures a particularly nasty guy who is part of the slave ring that has his daughter by hammering two long, blunt and rusty nails into his thighs, connecting them to a fusebox and then running current through them by turning on the light.
Source: Cold-Blooded Torture
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