as in past
the events or experience of former times
the simple games of yesteryear that kept children entertained for hours
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Recent Examples of yesteryear
In some cases, events that generate more interest in a player from baseball’s yesteryears can be a real boon, too.
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Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 14 May 2025
For a touch of yesteryear in your kitchen, Smeg appliances hold a special place in our retro-loving hearts.
—Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
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Set upon a 20-acre bucolic hillside property, this restored Georgian-Federalist residence transports you to yesteryear—to 1792 to be exact.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Architectural Digest, 5 Mar. 2025
As a striker, Delap is a throwback to yesteryear, but with a deft touch.
—Dan Sheldon, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
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Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 14 May 2025
For a touch of yesteryear in your kitchen, Smeg appliances hold a special place in our retro-loving hearts.
—Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
Browse According to Category: Berkshires Hotels | Private Homes
City: Richmond, Massachusetts
Set upon a 20-acre bucolic hillside property, this restored Georgian-Federalist residence transports you to yesteryear—to 1792 to be exact.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Architectural Digest, 5 Mar. 2025
As a striker, Delap is a throwback to yesteryear, but with a deft touch.
—Dan Sheldon, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yesteryear
past
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Paley reminded me of my past but also of my present: living in Greenwich Village, with a poet as a partner, trying to write while bringing up two kids.—
Zadie Smith,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Discovering the Danger from Outer Space Around 200 years ago, in the 1830s, geologists began to study fossils and figure out that several mass extinctions had wiped out whole ecosystems of species on Earth in the distant past.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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“Yesteryear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yesteryear. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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