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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Game Room Goals Unlike the dingy basements of yesteryear, today's rec rooms blend retro charm with modern polish, making a stylish case for analog games and good old-fashioned face time.
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Catherine Hong, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025
Despite the band’s many obvious influences (a big one being Nile Rodgers & Chic), the album isn’t trying on numerous, glittery outfits of yesteryear.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Catherine Hong, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025
Despite the band’s many obvious influences (a big one being Nile Rodgers & Chic), the album isn’t trying on numerous, glittery outfits of yesteryear.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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“Of yesteryear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20yesteryear. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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