distant past
Example Sentences
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She wrote her 1970 song “Coal Miner’s Daughter” about her early life, and it became not just a personal milestone but a snapshot of the distant past rendered so vividly that it became a film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 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
Spurs legend Glenn Hoddle has also suggested he would be interested, but once again this would be a dip into the distant past.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Those who cite events of the distant past, such as the U.S.-led boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, may be deliberately missing the point.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026
It was based on a play that had been published only the previous year and was set in recent times rather than in the safely distant past.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
