as in past
the events or experience of former times
the simple games of yesteryear that kept children entertained for hours
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Set upon a 20-acre bucolic hillside property, this restored Georgian-Federalist residence transports you to yesteryear—to 1792 to be exact.
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Laura Itzkowitz, Architectural Digest, 5 Mar. 2025
As a striker, Delap is a throwback to yesteryear, but with a deft touch.
—Dan Sheldon, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
While some stars went modern with their looks (Naomi Watts and Tilda Swinton both delivered on that front), nominees like Mikey Madison, Margaret Qualley, and Amy Adams all were visions straight of Hollywood's yesteryear.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Bringing Downey back at the center of a gigantic crossover is a much riskier move into yesteryear.
—Darren Franich, Vulture, 31 July 2024
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Laura Itzkowitz, Architectural Digest, 5 Mar. 2025
As a striker, Delap is a throwback to yesteryear, but with a deft touch.
—Dan Sheldon, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
While some stars went modern with their looks (Naomi Watts and Tilda Swinton both delivered on that front), nominees like Mikey Madison, Margaret Qualley, and Amy Adams all were visions straight of Hollywood's yesteryear.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Bringing Downey back at the center of a gigantic crossover is a much riskier move into yesteryear.
—Darren Franich, Vulture, 31 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yesteryear
past
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The three bonded over the topic, sharing stories about abusive relationships from their past – either their own entanglements, or their friends’.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
18 June 2025
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The song exists in a strange liminal period, the terrifying gap between the recent past and some unknowable future.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
18 June 2025
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“Yesteryear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yesteryear. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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