distant past
Example Sentences
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Bones recovered from underwater caves can provide an extraordinary record of the distant past.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 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
Five weeks later, that dour mood feels like the distant past on Wall Street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Spurs legend Glenn Hoddle has also suggested he would be interested, but once again this would be a dip into the distant past.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
With another form, you keep the distant past but lose the present.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
