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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Head here to get his reviews, including a dog that delivered in the clutch, like the Miggy of yore, and a taco that failed to, like the … y’know what, nevermind.
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Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2023
And like the Vanderbilts of yore, the Ambanis don’t seem to give a hoot.
—Mark Rozzo, Town & Country, 2 Apr. 2023
Guests could also peruse the booths that sold toys and VHS tapes, get a Furby tattoo or put on a disposable coverall and have neon green slime splashed over their heads like the Nickelodeon stars of yore.
—Madeleine Aggeler, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
Fast-forward half a century and a new architectural renaissance is sweeping Lagos, one that eschews the hodgepodge styles of yore for a minimalism embedded with a distinctly Nigerian twist.
—Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 31 Mar. 2023
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Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2023
And like the Vanderbilts of yore, the Ambanis don’t seem to give a hoot.
—Mark Rozzo, Town & Country, 2 Apr. 2023
Guests could also peruse the booths that sold toys and VHS tapes, get a Furby tattoo or put on a disposable coverall and have neon green slime splashed over their heads like the Nickelodeon stars of yore.
—Madeleine Aggeler, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
Fast-forward half a century and a new architectural renaissance is sweeping Lagos, one that eschews the hodgepodge styles of yore for a minimalism embedded with a distinctly Nigerian twist.
—Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 31 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yore
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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“Yore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yore. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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