yore
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Definition of yore
: time past and especially long past —usually used in the phrase of yore
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Synonyms for yore
Synonyms
auld lang syne, history, past, yesterday, yesteryear
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As the result of a publicity stunt cooked up in days of yore, the Detroit Lions always play a football game right around lunchtime on Thanksgiving Day. — Joe Queenan, WSJ, "We Can All Be Thankful America Doesn’t Have Putin," 24 Nov. 2018 But when the entire TV calendar is filled with new shows, when every week feels like the fall TV seasons of yore, the importance of fall premiere week every late September wanes. — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, "There is no fall TV season anymore," 24 Sep. 2018 Creepier even than Teddy Ruxpin of yore, Trumpy Bear has a jarring flaxen-blonde combover and eyebrows to match, and is naked except for shirt collars, cuffs and a MAGA-red necktie. — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, "How Can the Trump-ified Teddy, Trumpy Bear, Be Real?," 12 Nov. 2018 This year’s Democratic candidates are also more hostile to education choice than those of yore. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Battle of the Statehouses," 23 Oct. 2018 Clearly inspired by last year’s Google Pixelbook, these machines are clustered in a lower (as in midrange) price band, apparently aimed at experienced Chromebook users who are ready for something better than the basic browser machines of yore. — Melissa Riofrio, PCWorld, "The HP Chromebook x360 14 is a premium convertible missing one thing," 8 Oct. 2018 The upshot of all this is that the Wayback Machine has evolved into something with far more utility than simply amusing trips to LiveJournals of yore. — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, "The Internet’s keepers? “Some call us hoarders—I like to say we’re archivists”," 7 Oct. 2018 That’s also probably why the power sockets on most EVs are in about the same places and covered by the same flaps as fuel caps of yore. — Vlad Savov, The Verge, "The future of electric car design has yet to be written," 5 Oct. 2018 Stevie for her shawls, chiffon, fringe, and gold crescent chains; my mom for her bright bold pantsuits and overbearing clip-on earrings of yore. — Jessica Militare, Glamour, "The Case for Clip-on Earrings, Inspired by My Mom’s Gaudy Jewelry Collection," 30 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'yore.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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: time long past I heard stories of yore.
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