Definition of yore
: time past and especially long past
—usually used in the phrase of yore
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my favorite stories are about gallant knights and fair maidens in the days of yore
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The overall vibe given off by the initial trailer and poster that this was a throwback to the big-screen disaster movies of yore is made explicit in the retro posters shared by Johnson in the final weeks of the campaign.
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While watching all of this Liza-Josh drama, the Olivia-Fitz madness of yore is quickly conjured.
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How far have these Orioles fallen from the successes of yore?
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But the weight Michaelson gives to Leo’s Catholicism does, despite this disclaimer, replicates the anti-Catholic conspiracy theories of yore.
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President Trump is set to announce his next Supreme Court nominee tonight at 9:00 p.m. EST in a live television event that feels as hyped as a Celebrity Apprentice finale of yore.
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And Tyrone and Tandy, the present-day divine pairing, are now heading towards the same kind of disaster the pairings of yore experienced.
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Today my family travels in one car that’s seemingly split among three time zones—adult, teen and child—with none of the interaction of yore.
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Dressed in hot-pink sweatbands and neon leggings, power walkers of yore stepped lively while furiously swinging their arms and, most of the time, chatting to one another about the latest episode of Days of Our Lives.
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Origin and Etymology of yore
Middle English, from yore, adverb, long ago, from Old English gēara, from gēar year — more at year
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First Known Use: 14th century
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