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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Also, both goalies have spotty injury histories.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025 -
Catalogs of data like mine abound in Netflix viewing histories, prehistoric Facebook posts, and, now, dialogues with ChatGPT—imprints of the way the web informs and commoditizes work and friendship, sorrow and joy.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Yores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yores. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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