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yesterday

[yes-ter-day, -dee] / ˈjɛs tərˌdeɪ, -di /


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“I left here yesterday and headed to the golf course and was very excited on the drive over there with how yesterday went and kind of what I’ve seen this team could be.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Antonio Varela remembers the website's launch like it was yesterday.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

That’s one implication of a remark by Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith yesterday at Journal House, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

CME Group’s FedWatch tracking on Wednesday showed the likelihood of an October hike going from 55% yesterday to closer to 70%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

I’d blocked it out before but now I can see it play out, like it happened yesterday.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The two candidates who advance to the general election would be wise to offer Californians a hope for the future that doesn’t call back to our yesterdays.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

With both of us facing more yesterdays than tomorrows, I cop to midlife anxiety, feeling like time is running out for goals such as learning Spanish or how to swim.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

More important may be simply having a reason to remember some of the yesterdays of a franchise that has 48 rich years of history.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2023

“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death,” Browne said.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 8, 2022

November 2—I forgot to write in yesterdays report about the woman from the building across the alley one floor down.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes




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