How to Use this past in a Sentence
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That death toll rose this past week.
—ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
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What a roller coaster this past week has been.
—Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
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Troy has come a long way since this past weekend.
—Noel Brennan, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
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Such was the case this past week in Toronto.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
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The team went 2-8 this past season.
—Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
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And that made this past year all the tougher for Fletcher.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
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The two were detained for over a week this past winter.
—Frankie McLister, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
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Britton says this past year has changed and challenged them.
—Frankie McLister, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
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Brown, though, did not factor much again this past season.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
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The judge earned $207,855 this past year.
—Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
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See our takeaways from this past weekend.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Sep. 2025
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Few of the best movies of this past year feature much in the way of romance.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
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The Tigers were 5-6 this past season.
—Rick Cantu, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
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But this past year, Pakistan’s story was all the rage.
—Justin Worland, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
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What happened this past weekend?
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
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That goes for this past year’s grimmest cinematic trend too.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
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Iglesias, 36, was a free agent this past winter.
—Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 25 Mar. 2026
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But then, this past May, everything changed.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
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It’s been my honor and privilege to work with him and for him over this past decade.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
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This continued through last summer and this past fall.
—Cyril A. Reinicke, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
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After the game, Fields shared the raw emotions of how tough this past week was.
—Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
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The 910 ranked 25th in the league this past season.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
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My heart feels warm and fuzzy with all the support I have been given this past year.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
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The incident took place this past weekend.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2026
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The forecast calls for next week to be warm and dry also, although not as hot as this past week.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
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There was what happened in New York this past week with the gag order.
—ABC News, 22 Oct. 2023
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Scott is a playmaker who shined brightest on the biggest stage this past year.
—Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
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But this past winter, Hamilton had to do some soul searching.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
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The Aggies had a great defense this past season.
—Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
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What in your view accounts for the big viewership gains this past season?
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026
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