bygone
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“The ornamentation and the craftsmanship represent a bygone era.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
“That Thing You Do!” hides its nugget of pop music consensus inside another bygone bit of shared culture: the afternoon cable movie.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
From old Hollywood's Marilyn Monroe to adorning singer Sabrina Carpenter in a pearly dress reminiscent of the 90s, Mackie's ensembles felt new and exciting – even when they recalled a bygone age.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
But his recapitulations of Vyvyan’s battles with the taxman, of bygone court cases and of late-20th-century documentaries and biopics could have been done at half the length.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
In bygone days, you might have had your knuckles rapped for saying “It’s me” instead of “It is I.”
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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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