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
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.
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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
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
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Putting either man in the bullpen feels questionable, too, given their injury histories.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Examples abound of men with histories of misogyny – often expressed online – who go on to commit violent crimes in the name of their hatred.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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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 9 Sep. 2025.
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