as in pasts
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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Noun
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More information regarding Ciara and Oliver’s hedonistic, erotic relationship and their respective pasts is revealed.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2026 -
But more than 32,000 families of Pell Grant recipients who graduated from or left the 41 schools in the recent pasts were struck with Parent PLUS loans, with a median debt load of about $30,000 each, the report said.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Three of the papers have deep histories in their communities.—
Beret Leone,
CBS News,
15 Feb. 2026
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According to oral tribal histories, the sachems demonstrated the boundaries of the Providence Land Grant to Roger Williams by standing at Neutaconkanut Hill and spreading their arms wide.—
Antonia Noori Farzan,
The Providence Journal,
14 Feb. 2026
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