bygone
Example Sentences
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That tension is itself a kind of tribute, one to a bygone era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
This mourning for a bygone era is a mourning for a time when Chinese families felt that if they worked hard, their lives would improve.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
He’s not unaware that Meyers’ mostly 20-something male friends have — like many — romanticized the gritty abandon of lower Manhattan’s bygone literary scene and perhaps Ed’s tenuous place in it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Palaeoanthropology must regain its glory as a science that’s not only about bones, but that’s an ethological, cultural, and social study of bygone human societies.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
And they lived longer because of it—up to 150 or 200 years, in bygone days.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing bygone
Ancient Wisdom: Synonyms for "Old"
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 7
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Merle Haggard (1937-2016) Tribute List
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