this past

phrase

: the one that most recently took place
—used with a period of time
I spoke to him on the phone just this past weekend.

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Los Angeles may slow down on Sunday evenings, but this past weekend, Chateau Marmont was anything but quiet. — Kelsey Stewart, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2026 Fast forward 58 years to this past September at Incheon International Airport. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2026 Teams that Indiana had already beaten this season that helped its case took losses this past weekend. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026 Schlittler, another kid out of the farm system, still felt like that kind of star and that kind of stopper for the Yankees this past season. — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 11 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for this past

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“This past.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/this%20past. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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