as in extinct
no longer existing
those bypast days when gasoline was cheap
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Adjective
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Many hominids went extinct during this period, and being able to consume alcohol without adverse and/or toxic effects would have conferred a survival advantage.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026 -
In 2017, winter steelhead populations at Oregon’s Willamette Falls seemed almost certain to soon go extinct, Michael Brown, the marine-mammal program leader at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, told me.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Chariot Equities, Crozer-Chester Medical Center's new owner, completed the purchase of the defunct hospital Wednesday in partnership with Allaire Health Services, following its parent company's bankruptcy filing, which led to the hospital's closure.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Named after a now-defunct Houston theme park, Astroworld was both intimate and engineered for scale, marking the culmination of Scott’s early ascent and establishing him as one of the defining rap artists of his era.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Her impulse control is practically gone.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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Clouds have evaporated into practically nothing and are expected to stay gone.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Still, the retention numbers reflect a bygone era when NCAA rules disincentivized player movement.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Jan. 2026
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Theirs is a politics of twisted nostalgia about restoring the dynamics of a bygone era.—
Sacramento Bee staff,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The expired contract commits the Sheriff’s Office to providing police and fire services to the city until September 2027.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Jan. 2026
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But what about that pile of expired coupons and receipts?—
Barbara Bellesi Zito,
The Spruce,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Bypast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bypast. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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