as in past
the events or experience of former times
my grandparents are always reminiscing about yesterday
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At Cecilia Brunson, each of these artworks invites a conversation with past and present, an interpretation of language, of individual and collective thought.—
Nargess Banks,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025 -
You can get lost among the details or step back to take in an entire page, which in turn gives artists another unique opportunity: Panels may be arranged so that humor and horror, past and present lay side by side.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 July 2025
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“Yesterday.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yesterday. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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