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 play, by Jordan Ramirez Puckett, follows a mother-son cross-country road trip peppered with the teen’s hip-hop music as a brown son and his white mother seek common ground in their uncommon pasts.
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
And sometimes the prize’s winners can have complex pasts and very non-peaceful resumes.
—David Smilde, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Bob and Zoyd are both paranoid in the wake of their rebellious pasts.
—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
Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
And sometimes the prize’s winners can have complex pasts and very non-peaceful resumes.
—David Smilde, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Bob and Zoyd are both paranoid in the wake of their rebellious pasts.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasts
Noun
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He's published cookbooks and food histories, and he's been a contributor to the New York Times, the now-shuttered magazine, Gourmet, the Food Network, and NPR's Weekend All Things Considered.—
NPR,
NPR,
14 Oct. 2025
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Through his work, Strachan examines histories often overlooked in mainstream narratives, particularly those connected to the Black diaspora, encouraging viewers to reconsider which histories are celebrated and how they are represented.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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My poetry began as a father’s sly growl, became a spectacle on a rickety stage washed in limelight, and now is a 70-year-old woman’s walk back into a thousand yesterdays.—
Via Scribner,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 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 21 Oct. 2025.
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