yesteryear
Example Sentences
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I thought, ‘Let’s not forget the great film actors of yesteryear and that style that they had.’
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Many of the hedge funds that suffered losses last week are so-called multimanager funds—a type of investor that is different from the swing-for-the-fence firms of yesteryear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
It flew past Viljami Sinisalo at a speed that reminded you of what the late, great Gordon McQueen said of his iconic goal against England from yesteryear.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026
In Kinshasa's hip bars, the rumba of yesteryear has given way to a modern fusion of Afropop and RnB, a style notably popularised outside the country by Congolese artist Fally Ipupa.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Networking, one of my mother’s old phrases, musty- slang of yesteryear.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
