pasts

plural of past

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pasts 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 The thriller stars Nishijima and Gwei as a married couple in New York whose seemingly happy life unravels after their son is kidnapped, exposing hidden pasts and suppressed emotions. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 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 Faraj Sarkohi, a dissident writer in exile, told me that the revolutionary and Islamist pasts of people such as Tajzadeh and Mousavi could present obstacles to winning the trust of secular Iranians today. Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasts
Noun
  • Accordance’s software is trained on public tax data, including up-to-date code and court rulings and also learns from customers’ own financial histories.
    Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Both men had histories of mental illness.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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 16 Sep. 2025.

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