yesterdays

plural of yesterday

Example Sentences

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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. 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
Noun
  • What makes the film compelling is how Pacino’s Will Dormer and Williams’ Walter Finch toy with each other over their pasts that are consuming them both.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
  • The elision of more recent pasts leaves something to be desired elsewhere in the show, too.
    Cat Dawson, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2026

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“Yesterdays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yesterdays. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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