as in past
the events or experience of former times
let us bid farewell to auld lang syne and welcome in the new year
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Recent Examples of auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my jo,For auld lang syne,We'll tak a cup o' kindness yetFor auld lang syne.
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Saleen Martin, USA Today, 27 Dec. 2025
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And auld lang syne.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne?
—The Editors, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024
One last time for auld lang syne: Groundhog Day.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2022
Eve duties longer than the ABC host and has been an auld lang syne fixture since 2002, driven initially to embrace the idea by his own ambivalence about the occasion.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Nov. 2022
Saleen Martin, USA Today, 27 Dec. 2025
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And auld lang syne.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne?
—The Editors, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024
One last time for auld lang syne: Groundhog Day.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2022
Eve duties longer than the ABC host and has been an auld lang syne fixture since 2002, driven initially to embrace the idea by his own ambivalence about the occasion.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for auld lang syne
past
Noun
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The Loman family home isn’t depicted in a literal fashion but instead fluidly suggested in a warehouse space that allows the actors to move unfetteredly between past and present.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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Two hundred and fifty years into the national experiment, however, this would mean that the future looks ever more like the distant past.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
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