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yesterday

[yes-ter-dey, -dee] / ˈjɛs tərˌdeɪ, -di /


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"I drove into Moscow yesterday from the provinces," says Lyubov.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

"We share a stable consensus," Grushetskyi said, "Fedorov's statements yesterday were far from the public mood."

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

The latest example happened in the Oval Office yesterday, when Trump called CNN’s Kristen Holmes “a loud, boisterous person” and told her to “be quiet.”

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

In terms of cumulative volume breadth, both “stocks only” totals reached new all-time highs yesterday, so that is a bullish sign.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

The boy whose door I knocked on just yesterday.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

With both of us facing more yesterdays than tomorrows, I cop to midlife anxiety, feeling like time is running out for goals such as learning Spanish or how to swim.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 10, 2026

More important may be simply having a reason to remember some of the yesterdays of a franchise that has 48 rich years of history.

From Seattle Times Oct. 28, 2023

“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death,” Browne said.

From Washington Times Nov. 8, 2022

“We’re all in our twilight years; we have more yesterdays than tomorrows,” Davis said.

From Washington Post Oct. 4, 2021

Syrupy sweet, each word sounding like the melodies I remember from many years of yesterdays.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles




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