as in histories
the events or experience of former times
we spent a pleasant evening recalling the past together
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Recent Examples of pasts
Bob and Zoyd are both paranoid in the wake of their rebellious pasts.
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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
But then, thanks to a cryptic sentient car GPS, they're brought together for a road trip that involves opening a series of random doors to their pasts.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Pic was written by The Menu‘s Seth Reiss and follows two strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and have the chance to relive important moments from their pasts.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
In his upcoming fantasy romance movie with Margot Robbie, their characters, David and Sarah, two singles who meet at a wedding, embark on a life-changing road trip, reliving important moments from their pasts through magical doorways.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Nali and Bruce both had traumatic pasts.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Many key science fiction texts are set in alternate pasts, parallel versions of the present, or entirely nonterrestrial time frames.
—Nick Foster
august 26, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
On the fringes of the Oregon wilderness, two strangers with troubled pasts are brought together when a reclusive Woodsman discovers a teenage runaway, Dani, hypothermic and barely conscious in the woods.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2025
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
But then, thanks to a cryptic sentient car GPS, they're brought together for a road trip that involves opening a series of random doors to their pasts.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Pic was written by The Menu‘s Seth Reiss and follows two strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and have the chance to relive important moments from their pasts.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
In his upcoming fantasy romance movie with Margot Robbie, their characters, David and Sarah, two singles who meet at a wedding, embark on a life-changing road trip, reliving important moments from their pasts through magical doorways.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Nali and Bruce both had traumatic pasts.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Many key science fiction texts are set in alternate pasts, parallel versions of the present, or entirely nonterrestrial time frames.
—Nick Foster
august 26, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
On the fringes of the Oregon wilderness, two strangers with troubled pasts are brought together when a reclusive Woodsman discovers a teenage runaway, Dani, hypothermic and barely conscious in the woods.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasts
Noun
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More than a decade later, the series continues to reimagine American histories and channel primal fears — from clowns and cults, to witches and ghosts — with each installment cloaked in social commentary and camp.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Who knows how many entries, histories, entire discographies have been lost to the ether?—
Rodney Carmichael,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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“Pasts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasts. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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