as in extinct
no longer existing
elderly people reminiscing about bygone fashions
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Recent Examples of bygone
Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
Boredom can sometimes feel like a bygone luxury in an age of screens and constant distractions—yet even with all the content in the world at our fingertips, tedium manages to creep in.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 29 May 2025
But no amount of tinkering around the edges will change the fundamental obsolescence of a system built around the drivers of growth and productivity from a bygone era.
—Diane Coyle, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2025
The engagement and accessibility and near-innocence of the vibe felt like something from a bygone era.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2025
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Adjective
This morning’s must reads Other must reads Gone, but not forgotten: Times food writers reflect on some of L.A.’s bygone restaurants.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
Boredom can sometimes feel like a bygone luxury in an age of screens and constant distractions—yet even with all the content in the world at our fingertips, tedium manages to creep in.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 29 May 2025
But no amount of tinkering around the edges will change the fundamental obsolescence of a system built around the drivers of growth and productivity from a bygone era.
—Diane Coyle, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2025
The engagement and accessibility and near-innocence of the vibe felt like something from a bygone era.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bygone
Adjective
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The weaker strains have since gone extinct, according to new research.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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Deep-seafloor-dwelling foraminifera, which were far away from the surface and were able to keep feeding on the remains of dead organisms, were mostly fine, but nine out of ten planktonic species went extinct.—
Tim Vernimmen,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 June 2025
Noun
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So much of this book is about this complicated and rather dangerous nostalgia for a past and a community that’s gone forever.—
Dwyer Murphy
June 6,
Literary Hub,
6 June 2025
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Playwrights addressed the polis not by dramatizing current events but by recasting tales from the mythological and historic past to sharpen critical thinking on contemporary concerns.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Fancy Spider is just the latest, multi-venue cultural performing arts festival planned for the town, following a defunct stand-up comedy festival and other annual gatherings.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
6 June 2025
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Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to see the resurrection of the defunct Constitution gas pipeline project that would carry natural gas from Pennsylvania to western New York.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Shoppers of all ages share an affection for yesteryear.—
Simon Hathaway,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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In some cases, events that generate more interest in a player from baseball’s yesteryears can be a real boon, too.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Three sisters spun, in myth and lore, The Fates, the Norns, of ancient yore.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
30 Oct. 2024
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Lost tapes, warped vinyl records, and scratched CDs have historically been the relics of hip-hop yore.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
21 Apr. 2023
Adjective
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So many firsts, gone, charred to ash, just remnants of an area that once represented Black prosperity and joy.—
Maya Richard-Craven,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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The original pioneers were mostly busy making non-hyperpop or gone: SOPHIE tragically died in 2021; 100 gecs spent years toiling to make their zany stadium-rock second album.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
3 Oct. 2024
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“Bygone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bygone. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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