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yesteryear

[yes-ter-yeer, -yeer] / ˈjɛs tərˈjɪər, -ˌjɪər /
NOUN
time elapsed
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Artist Alan Nakagawa remembers the grocery truck of yesteryear that fed the city’s immigrant communities — and the stories it inspired.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Sure, some immature viewers might have glommed onto the edgy comedy of yesteryear.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

Before then, it had tended to grow in recent years, although not as quickly or dramatically as it did in the dot-com bubble of yesteryear.

From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 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

Networking, one of my mother’s old phrases, musty- slang of yesteryear.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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