days of yore
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They point to Wikipedia’s explicit policy that it’s not a paper encyclopedia like the days of yore, but rather a digital encyclopedia project.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2025
In the not-so-distant days of yore, it would be almost unthinkable for a high-profile, politically ambitious woman to be caught in these sorts of scandals and have any hope of salvaging her career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Let’s venture back to the days of yore and recall that a jumbo hunk of cheese was once presented with much ado to President Thomas Jefferson by a group of admirers from Massachusetts.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
Hashtags are apparently big on Mastodon, like the Twitter days of yore, as is pinning an introductory post, giving the site a more social feel.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2022
It seems that in days of yore, a knight in a fighting mood would defiantly fling his gauntlet—a heavy, armored glove—to the ground as a challenge.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
