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yesteryear

[yes-ter-yeer, -yeer] / ˈyɛs tərˈyɪər, -ˌyɪər /
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I thought, ‘Let’s not forget the great film actors of yesteryear and that style that they had.’

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Before then, it had tended to grow in recent years, although not as quickly or dramatically as it did in the dot-com bubble of yesteryear.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Like the Sirkian melodramas of yesteryear, we go see movies like “Reminders of Him” because they’re highly entertaining — and, more often than not, decently made.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Many of the hedge funds that suffered losses last week are so-called multimanager funds—a type of investor that is different from the swing-for-the-fence firms of yesteryear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Henry Lee, for example, apprised Madison that the assumption debate reminded him of those glorious days of yesteryear, when the Virginia Assembly refused to recognize Parliament’s right to tax colonies.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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