distant past

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Yet “The Boys of Dungeon Lane” doesn’t strictly limit its focus to the distant past.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

Too often discounted as the domain of schoolchildren, Colonial Williamsburg can actually be a fascinating study in how to bring the distant past to life, one committed performance at a time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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

U.S. company stocks are no longer owned by a small number of stockholders, as in the distant past.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

Proceeding in the same way, we can compare modern Taiwanese, Philippine, Indonesian, and Polynesian languages to reconstruct a Proto-Austronesian language spoken in the distant past.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond