of yore
idiom
literary
: of the past
in days of yore
The great composers of yore performed for kings and queens.
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Fall and winter puffer jackets of yore typically came in a range of predictable colorways, spanning from the pitch-black to the off-white, with the occasional pastel pink, burgundy, or deep green sprinkled here and there.
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
And medical experts point to another key fact—the vaccines that children get today are much more streamlined and efficient than vaccines of yore.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Their reaction was quite different from the days of yore.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
The classes themselves, with their elegant movements and light weights, are descendants of those acceptable feminine exercises of yore — think of the long tennis skirt swapped for leggings and a cute sports bra.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
And medical experts point to another key fact—the vaccines that children get today are much more streamlined and efficient than vaccines of yore.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Their reaction was quite different from the days of yore.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
The classes themselves, with their elegant movements and light weights, are descendants of those acceptable feminine exercises of yore — think of the long tennis skirt swapped for leggings and a cute sports bra.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for of yore
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“Of yore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20yore. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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