yores

plural of yore
as in pasts
the events or experience of former times my favorite stories are about gallant knights and fair maidens in the days of yore

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Noun
  • The play, by Jordan Ramirez Puckett, follows a mother-son cross-country road trip peppered with the teen’s hip-hop music as a brown son and his white mother seek common ground in their uncommon pasts.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
  • And sometimes the prize’s winners can have complex pasts and very non-peaceful resumes.
    David Smilde, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
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  • He's published cookbooks and food histories, and he's been a contributor to the New York Times, the now-shuttered magazine, Gourmet, the Food Network, and NPR's Weekend All Things Considered.
    NPR, NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Through his work, Strachan examines histories often overlooked in mainstream narratives, particularly those connected to the Black diaspora, encouraging viewers to reconsider which histories are celebrated and how they are represented.
    Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Yores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yores. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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