as in extinct
no longer existing
those bypast days when gasoline was cheap
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Types Of Chocolate Cosmos Until relatively recently, chocolate cosmos was thought to be extinct in the wild and the only available plants were produced through cuttings and root (tuber) divisions.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025 -
In the Mendip Hills of southwestern England, a pine marten, considered locally extinct for over 100 years, was caught on a trail camera.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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The aviation themes of Air Afrique, which is named after the defunct Pan-African airline, are emphasized through Morse code on the outsole and a jacquard insole patterned after the seats on Air Afrique aircrafts.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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The ability to remove a defunct rocket stage or satellite from orbit could also be used to target an adversary’s spacecraft.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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By reprogramming ordinary cells—like skin fibroblasts—into stem cells, scientists hope to create eggs and sperm from individuals long gone.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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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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But in lieu of an actual team, the city is full of older fans clinging to bygone stories, younger fans finding other rooting interests and an NHL-ready arena that just celebrated its 10th birthday in September with no NHL tenant.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Look up old Halloween costume photos, scour eBay for retro plastic masks or do your hair and makeup reminiscent of a bygone decade.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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Rocha shot Vasquez three times with an AR-15, including two misfires, during a traffic stop on July 19, 2022, after being pulled over for expired tags.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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Towing companies must now accept credit cards and cannot tow due to an expired parking permit or registration, reported The Connecticut Mirror.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Bypast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bypast. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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