this past
idiom
: 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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Grossman said ticket sales were strong for the last tour, which concluded this past summer and stopped in several dozen cities.
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Those threats, particularly against OSF, continued in the lead-up to this past weekend's No Kings protest.
—Rev. Nathan Empsall, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The Milk Cup, the largest all-women Fortnite tournament in the world, took place at TwitchCon this past Saturday in San Diego.
—James Factora, Them., 21 Oct. 2025
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner this past year, for the first time in several years, was not hosted by a comedian.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Those threats, particularly against OSF, continued in the lead-up to this past weekend's No Kings protest.
—Rev. Nathan Empsall, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The Milk Cup, the largest all-women Fortnite tournament in the world, took place at TwitchCon this past Saturday in San Diego.
—James Factora, Them., 21 Oct. 2025
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner this past year, for the first time in several years, was not hosted by a comedian.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
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“This past.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/this%20past. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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