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yesterday

[yes-ter-dey, -dee] / ˈjɛs tərˌdeɪ, -di /


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"Everything I want done, I want done yesterday," she said in a recent interview on the campaign trail, where she reputedly refuelled by peeling hard-boiled eggs.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

She later told fans at a Chicago concert: "The announcement that was made yesterday was not a reactive or impulsive thing. It is something that I had decided to plan... quietly, a long time ago."

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Laconic Israeli commentator Itamar Eichner wrote the next morning that “Jerusalem had prepared for rain, but what arrived yesterday was a full-blown storm.”

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

Ontology refers to “a model defining the core concepts, relationships and rules of the business,” Oracle said yesterday in its announcement.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

When she comes back, she puts on the dressed-up-like-Ray clothes she wore yesterday.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

The two candidates who advance to the general election would be wise to offer Californians a hope for the future that doesn’t call back to our yesterdays.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2026

With both of us facing more yesterdays than tomorrows, I cop to midlife anxiety, feeling like time is running out for goals such as learning Spanish or how to swim.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 10, 2026

More important may be simply having a reason to remember some of the yesterdays of a franchise that has 48 rich years of history.

From Seattle Times Oct. 28, 2023

“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death,” Browne said.

From Washington Times Nov. 8, 2022

Syrupy sweet, each word sounding like the melodies I remember from many years of yesterdays.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles




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