as in history
the events or experience of former times
we spent a pleasant evening recalling the past together
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as in former
having been such at some previous time
a past editor of the newspaper
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as in over
on or to the farther side of
I drive past the school every day
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Recent Examples of past
Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 1 May 2025
After her dad reveals his role in their family’s tragic past, Lina looks to her time traveling community for advice on how to reckon with her devastation.
—Shannon Carlin, Time, 1 May 2025
Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
Chinese exporters will not sit still while Washington negotiates, especially given the glacial pace of past talks.
—Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
Michael Marot, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2025
The worst examples of Google's idiomatic AI guesswork are ones where the LLM slips past plausible interpretations and into sheer hallucination of completely fictional sources.
—ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
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Noun
In the not-too-distant past, Meta’s stock has been slammed because its capex plans were steeper than expected .
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 1 May 2025
After her dad reveals his role in their family’s tragic past, Lina looks to her time traveling community for advice on how to reckon with her devastation.
—Shannon Carlin, Time, 1 May 2025
Adjective
According to an analysis of past immigration cases conducted by political scientists Graeme Blair and David Hausman, the United States had only used that provision as a basis to remove a noncitizen two times in the last 25 years.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
Chinese exporters will not sit still while Washington negotiates, especially given the glacial pace of past talks.
—Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
Preposition
Indiana forced two turnovers in the final 29 seconds of overtime, and Haliburton blew past Giannis Antetokounmpo for the go-ahead layup with 1.3 seconds left to give the Pacers a 119-118 victory and a 4-1 series win.
—Michael Marot, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2025
The worst examples of Google's idiomatic AI guesswork are ones where the LLM slips past plausible interpretations and into sheer hallucination of completely fictional sources.
—ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for past
Noun
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This isn’t the first time a bottled piece of history has made its way into modern-day headlines.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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But below the elegant tile floors, there’s another, darker layer of history.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Under former President Joe Biden, monthly student loan bills resumed in the fall of 2023 after a years-long break.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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For years, the scientific output (patents, publications, commercial innovations) from former Soviet scientists decreased dramatically with a long-lasting negative impact on today’s Russian economy.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2025
Preposition
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The situation surrounding veteran Derek Carr has led to many questions over the past several weeks.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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President Trump airs his frustration over Russia's attack on Ukraine.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
Preposition
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This followed the Eagles' decision not to attend the White House in 2018 after winning the franchise’s first-ever Super Bowl.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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But to even this series, Detroit will need Tim Hardaway Jr. (7-for-12 from outside in Game 3) to stay hot and Malik Beasley (3-for-18 3PT in Games 2 and 3 after a 6-for-12 3PT night in the series opener) to rediscover his touch.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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An older player was driving the younger ones and pretended to get lost in an isolated section of the county, where a group of accomplices emerged in masks and black clothing, imitating an abduction with at least one gun and one knife, according to the district attorney.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
1 May 2025
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The movie set, like all others, should have only had blanks on hand, but somehow a number of live rounds made their way to the location and one such bullet ended up in the gun that went off as Hutchins and Baldwin lined up a shot in an old church.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
Preposition
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Because wolves are so adaptable and able to spread across Europe so easily, moving beyond conservation and into management of their populations is important, says Håkan Sand, an ecologist at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, who was not involved in the new study.—
Olivia Ferrari,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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Last week, Vogue Business unveiled a special project that looks at the future of beauty—beyond just the industry and into how these industry trends, new products, and technologies will actually affect the human appearance.—
Laia Garcia-Furtado,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Let your words be intentional and your thoughts be clear—especially when involving other people into your mental maze.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 May 2025
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The complaint added that she has not been offered other work by RadicalMedia since the incident, despite being engaged regularly by the company in the past.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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That Horan yearns for the Fed to centrally plan an absurd creation of statist economists (GDP), prices, income, and employment more broadly is yet another disturbing lurch by an erstwhile free-market crowd that brevity disallows discussion of for now.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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The team is also working on restoring the habitat across the island, which was stripped of all its vegetation during its time as an erstwhile guano mining spot.—
Tim Chester,
AFAR Media,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Past.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/past. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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