as in extinct
no longer existing
elderly people reminiscing about bygone fashions
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Recent Examples of bygone
Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026
Cotillions are a bit of a bygone thing but still serve strong symbolic purpose in some communities.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 2 Mar. 2026
Schools/coaches must submit stats to CHSAA from those bygone eras for inclusion in the record book.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Referencing some bygone version of femininity is very much Fanning’s preferred way to dress.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026
Cotillions are a bit of a bygone thing but still serve strong symbolic purpose in some communities.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
In terms of eveningwear, there was a sense of nocturnal nostalgia — designers looked at nightlife dressing from bygone eras and reimagined it for today — and, in several instances, showed it against a techno soundtrack.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 2 Mar. 2026
Schools/coaches must submit stats to CHSAA from those bygone eras for inclusion in the record book.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2026
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Put another way, the physicist believes that in a little more than three decades, there is a 50 percent chance that our species will be extinct.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
19 Apr. 2026
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The northern white rhino is also extinct in the wild.—
Heather Abbott,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Subscribe to the free Vintage Chicago Tribune newsletter, join our Chicagoland history Facebook group, stay current with Today in Chicago History and follow us on Instagram for more from Chicago’s past.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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There, Sam unleashes reams upon reams of monologues about their past at a teary Mary, who fills in a few gaps.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
18 Apr. 2026
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The charges came hours after the center's interim president and CEO Bryan Fair said in a video that the organization was being investigated by the Justice Department in connection with a now-defunct program that used paid confidential informants to infiltrate far-right groups.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Lai, an outspoken critic of China’s ruling Communist Party who founded the now-defunct newspaper Apple Daily, was convicted in December of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and conspiring with others to publish seditious articles.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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This is an Algarve of yesteryear… Save time once back at the hotel to visit Luma, the small spa where therapist Cristina delivers life-changing massages or just plunge into one of the two small rooftop pools, and admire Tavira’s beautiful skyline.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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In Karp’s telling, Basquiat is someone who Just Did Things, like today’s defense tech founders, who possess a similar kind of creative conviction, as opposed to the consumer tech imitators of yesteryear.—
Simon Denny,
Artforum,
20 Apr. 2026
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Gladiator – 2001 Released 2000 Nostalgia for sword-and-sandal epics of Hollywood yore proved to have a box office appeal that naturally translated to Academy Awards appeal, with Oscar record-holder Ben-Hur as a clear reference point for voters.—
Chris Feil,
Vanity Fair,
15 Mar. 2026
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And for more, favorite shades of yore are pushed aside.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Feb. 2026
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Room by room, the author takes us through the house, now long gone.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2026
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Retaining Hall, 39, keeps one familiar face from Dart’s rookie year on the offensive side of the building for his second NFL season, with Brian Daboll, Mike Kafka and Shea Tierney all long gone.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Bygone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bygone. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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