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adjective

ˈbī-ˌgȯn How to pronounce bygone (audio)
Definition of bygonenext
as in extinct
no longer existing elderly people reminiscing about bygone fashions

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noun

as in past

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Recent Examples of bygone
Adjective
Their work here evokes the grubby, pixellated textures and the seedy-dreamy ambience of a bygone trash-TV era. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026 The series will end its eight-season run on Monday as the lone symbol of a bygone era at The CW. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
And One&Only Aesthesis delivers that bygone allure with seriously fresh style. — Stephanie Orma, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Ritual objects discovered at the sites show that the Hopewell people traded with many other bygone societies between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico. — Joe Yogerst, CNN Money, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bygone
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bygone
  1. extinct
  2. past
  3. defunct
  4. yesteryear
  5. gone
  6. yore
Adjective
  • Her company Arcaea has raised $78 million and previously created the fragrance brand Future Society, which makes scents by sequencing the DNA of extinct flowers.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The company has pursued efforts to recreate extinct species, including the dodo and woolly mammoth.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of extinct
Noun
  • The film was a vision of the future refracted through an imaginary past.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The residents of the graveyard rehash their pasts obsessively, ritualistically, and all the time.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of past
Adjective
  • In 1996, when the report was compiled by the now-defunct Amusement Business trade publication, the list was topped by Tokyo Disneyland, followed by Anaheim’s Disneyland.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Shortly after approving the settlement in a unanimous vote, the police jury took up a motion to appoint seven people to the Vermilion Parish Industrial Development Board, a body that had been defunct for nearly 30 years.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of defunct
Noun
  • This brings to mind a song from yesteryear about the preacher and the bear.
    — Alfred H. Moses, Baltimore Sun, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Fights, while reduced from yesteryear’s prospect games, still occur.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of yesteryear
Adjective
  • An America lost to time, remembered in photos The mall’s future is now determined — and its past reveals a version of America perhaps long gone.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Suddenly, photos, videos, or important documents are just… gone.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 15 May 2026
Definition of gone
Noun
  • Latin America is swinging rightward again, electing presidents who promise to channel the strongmen of yore and rule the region through might, not right.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
  • Tier 9 My favorite tier of yore was hopelessly thinned out by A) the quality at the top of his draft and B) NIL money luring some fake prospects back to the college ranks.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 20 June 2026
Definition of yore

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