as in pasts
the events or experience of former times
the simple games of yesteryear that kept children entertained for hours
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Noun
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As the series plays out, both Anna and Jack become suspects due to their complicated pasts with each victim.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026 -
As suspicion mounts, both women must navigate lies, danger, and their own pasts to survive—and find the truth.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2026
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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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More effective is Oldroyd’s patience in establishing Jack and Anna’s histories with the murder victim, Rachel Hopkins (Jamie Tisdale).—
Judy Berman,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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These regular observations will gradually take in data and aim to provide pivotal information about the strengths, compositions, and histories of these primitive cosmic bodies.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Yesteryears.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yesteryears. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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