as in past
the events or experience of former times
my favorite stories are about gallant knights and fair maidens in the days of yore
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Recent Examples of yore
They’re not made of see-through plastic, though the neon colors—Techno Red, Remix Green, and Rhythm Blue—absolutely call to mind the nascent, and a bit more edgy, PlayStation of yore.
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Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2026
Instead of the swag bags of yore, some companies are appealing to users by running promotions for the most basic daily necessities.
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Jason Parham,
Wired News,
27 May 2026
The crowd ranges, Daisy says, from people around her age and younger up through to veterans of the great ecstasy age of yore.
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Matt Thompson,
SPIN,
12 May 2026
Like another thirtysomething pavement-pounder of yore, New York’s own Walt Whitman, Zohran Mamdani popped up nearby and unexpectedly.
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Dan Chiasson,
The New York Review of Books,
6 Nov. 2025
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Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2026
Instead of the swag bags of yore, some companies are appealing to users by running promotions for the most basic daily necessities.
—
Jason Parham,
Wired News,
27 May 2026
The crowd ranges, Daisy says, from people around her age and younger up through to veterans of the great ecstasy age of yore.
—
Matt Thompson,
SPIN,
12 May 2026
Like another thirtysomething pavement-pounder of yore, New York’s own Walt Whitman, Zohran Mamdani popped up nearby and unexpectedly.
—
Dan Chiasson,
The New York Review of Books,
6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yore
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In Maddie’s Secret, Early plays food influencer Maddie, who finds online stardom while working for a trendy company, only for the mounting pressures of her newfound success to reawaken a secret from her troubled past.
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