as in pasts
the events or experience of former times
my grandparents are always reminiscing about yesterday
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Recent Examples of yesterdays
The two candidates who advance to the general election would be wise to offer Californians a hope for the future that doesn’t call back to our yesterdays.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
Today, as in all of mankind’s yesterdays, guarantees this type of song will never go out of style.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2026
Today, as in all of mankind’s yesterdays, guarantees this song will never go out of style.
—Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026
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
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
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
Today, as in all of mankind’s yesterdays, guarantees this type of song will never go out of style.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2026
Today, as in all of mankind’s yesterdays, guarantees this song will never go out of style.
—Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yesterdays
pasts
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Built atop ancient pre-Columbian sites—such as Huaca Pucllana (a pre-Inca religious shrine), located in the center of the Miraflores neighborhood—the city blends deep Indigenous pasts with colonial and modern influences.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
13 May 2026
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Hannah and Garrett both open up about their pasts individually to other people after finding safe space in each other.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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