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has-been

[haz-bin] / ˈhæzˌbɪn /












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Long dismissed as a has-been joke, Pratt correctly judged that Angelenos are angry and don’t want to be polite about it anymore.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

For those who think of late-career Elvis Presley as only a plump has-been, a gaudy Las Vegas crooner slinging schlock in the 1970s, Baz Luhrmann’s new movie is a bracing corrective.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Fearing he’s a has-been, the diminutive, balding Hart slowly succumbs to self-loathing.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

Among other things, he has called you a fraudster and a failed political has-been, but you’re not responding in kind.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2025

“Ibtihaj, you don’t have to be a has-been already,” Mom consoled me.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad




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