distant past
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But not all horror milestones spring from the distant past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Apollo astronauts returned samples of lunar anorthosite to Earth, giving researchers valuable material for studying the Moon's distant past.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
For people of the distant past, words on the page were there to be read aloud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
The way she stood, the bright sash around her waist, and the two glossy braids falling over her shoulders made me feel that she had performed this ceremony in some distant past.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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