bygones

Example Sentences

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During Wednesday’s Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing into Mullin’s nomination, bygones would not be bygones.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

"I'm not in Green Bay anymore. I feel like we can let bygones be bygones. Maybe. I can. I guess."

From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025

So there is something sporting and noble about a fresh start and leaving bygones in the past, as you suggest.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024

In a video, he said the army was ready for negotiations, but "we will not let bygones be bygones."

From Reuters • Oct. 25, 2023

Zimbabwe had signed a peace treaty with them years before, but it seemed no one could let bygones be bygones.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer