distant past
Example Sentences
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This combination suggests that the microorganisms are not simply biological remains from the distant past.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
The concept is one of the least futuristic that Apple has implemented in an app in some time, and in fact calls back to the distant past of the pre-Twitter, pre–Instagram Reels sports web.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2026
Yet “The Boys of Dungeon Lane” doesn’t strictly limit its focus to the distant past.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
While proponents of these cases say that they support and strengthen marriage—serving as a deterrent for bad behavior—most states have scrapped them as relics of a distant past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
Classical music’s infatuation with mining the riches of the distant past only reinforced the popular impression that it was backward- rather than forward-looking.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
