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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Juan trades stories with his new friend while on his deathbed, recounting old loves and familial pasts.—
Caroline Killilea,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026 -
Therapy sessions can be scary, especially the ones that rely on semi-hypnotized journeys into hidden pasts.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
9 June 2026
Noun
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Armitage fused East African histories, mythology, sexuality, violence, and colonial memory into lush, unstable compositions that felt simultaneously intimate and epic.—
Thomas Rom,
ARTnews.com,
8 June 2026
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Considering that universities have a mixed record of preserving their histories, let’s hear it for the University of Chicago.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
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