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yesteryear

[yes-ter-yeer, -yeer] / ˈjɛs tərˈjɪər, -ˌjɪər /
NOUN
time elapsed
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When she wakes one day on her Yesteryear Ranch seemingly in 1855 without electricity, modern medicine or her team of nannies, her throwback lifestyle gets all too real.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Was Yesteryear Ranch inspired by the popular tradwife influencer Ballerina Farm?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The Crazy Keyboards of Yesteryear And how they could lead us to a better typing future.

From Slate • Dec. 7, 2012

The Snows of Yesteryear looks back before their time frame, to the childhood and, implicitly, the formation of a writer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yesteryear that problem vexed; One day spatted he would fare, Lacking colour; and the next Spatless, in chromatic wear.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 18, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir




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