Definition of synenext
chiefly Scottish
as in ago
earlier than the present time a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson that begins with "From the bonny bells of heather / They brewed a drink long syne"

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  • Centrist Paz took office seven months ago, inheriting the country’s worst economic crisis in a generation that helped propel the end of nearly two decades of leftist rule.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
  • Café Momentum just opened a few years ago in Downtown Pittsburgh, and it's already been rated one of the best in western Pennsylvania by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
    Josh Taylor, CBS News, 20 June 2026
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“Syne.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syne. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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