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Scientists of yore crisscrossed Yellowstone on foot and studied aerial photographs to better understand America’s first national park.

The best practice is still to bury the crap, just like its human equivalent, six to eight inches underground, but I predict that, as with the pooper-picker-uppers of yore, the pocket shovel will not become a widely adapted hiking accoutrement.

So the people of Anchorage did as Alaskans of yore have done and struck out on their own.

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High-strength steel, nylon, or polyester plies don’t need to use as much material to provide an equivalent capacity to the cotton plies of yore, so tires now feature a ply equivalent rating.

And, as anyone who followed the Gamergate drama of yore will recall, sexual harassment in the gaming community is a serious problem.

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In the days of yore, stars both reviled and relied on the studio system to protect them from themselves.

Or really more that Instagram is no different than these paintings of yore that served to heighten status.

Like the soap operas of yore, Marvel has replaced major and minor characters in their films as necessary.

In days of yore, blood on screen was to be feared: think the trickle of blood signaling defilement in old vampire movies.

Unlike the chaste boys club devotees of ‘Dungeons and Losers’ (oops, ‘Dragons’) of yore, women play the new games and like them.

In the good old days of yore there was little trouble in obtaining admission to the Civil Service.

I came lookin for you for some more practice with yore rope, he drawled, as he sometimes did.

She was busy during every moment while in the country, and her relative was no more communicative than of yore.

She was not rude to him, but, despite her inclination, she failed to repay his friendliness in kind as of yore.

"Shut up, and mind yore own business," answered the virago, swiftly turning the barrel of her weapon upon me.

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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to yore, such as: history, antiquity, yesterday, yesteryear, days gone by, and former times.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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