of yesteryear
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: of the past : from a long time ago
the values of yesteryear
radio shows of yesteryear
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Do not let the dashing green velvet suit, the yellow leather gloves, the silk cravat or the pencil-thin mustache, a tonsorial touch that suggests the matinee idols of yesteryear, fool you.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Patrick Stewart will reprise his Professor Xavier role for the second time in the MCU since Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness alongside his former costars Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, and James Marsden — who all starred with Stewart in the X-Men film series of yesteryear.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Diet Coke isn’t the only brand leaning into the nostalgia of yesteryear.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Here's a look at nine of the state's oldest accommodations, from destination hotels that anchor their cities' downtown districts to resorts whose guest lists include many celebrities of yesteryear to the only lodge at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Patrick Stewart will reprise his Professor Xavier role for the second time in the MCU since Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness alongside his former costars Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, and James Marsden — who all starred with Stewart in the X-Men film series of yesteryear.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Diet Coke isn’t the only brand leaning into the nostalgia of yesteryear.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Here's a look at nine of the state's oldest accommodations, from destination hotels that anchor their cities' downtown districts to resorts whose guest lists include many celebrities of yesteryear to the only lodge at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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