bygones

plural of bygone

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bygones
Noun
  • Bob and Zoyd are both paranoid in the wake of their rebellious pasts.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
  • In the photo, the pair could be seen at a table together holding up a set of postcards from the restaurant that depicted flapper-style women wearing different jerseys that had ties to the players’ pasts.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • My poetry began as a father’s sly growl, became a spectacle on a rickety stage washed in limelight, and now is a 70-year-old woman’s walk back into a thousand yesterdays.
    Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
  • As noted in yesterdays’ newsletter, O’Hearn is 4-for-5 with two home runs and two doubles against lefties.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Bygones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bygones. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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