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past
adjective as in preceding, done
adjective as in olden, former
Weak matches
ages ago, ancient history, back when, behind one, bypast, down memory lane, erstwhile, ex-, foregoing, gone-by, good old days, latter-day, long-ago, olden days, once, one-time, quondam, retired, sometime, time was, way back, way back when
noun as in time gone by
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days gone by, former times, good old days, long ago, old lang syne, old times, olden days, time immemorial, times past, years ago
Example Sentences
In their past calls for attacks on Western targets, AQAP has focused on putting bombs on planes, not revenge attacks.
In the middle of all of that past suffering and present-day conflict, this Cosby bomb was dropped.
I gotta say—I think this past year was pretty bad for music.
Many of those who have become cops in New York seem to have ceased to address such minor offenses over the past few days.
RELATED: NYPD Salutes Murdered Officer Wenjian Liu (Photos) Police motorcycles rumbled past.
Truth is a torch, but one of enormous size; so that we slink past it in rather a blinking fashion for fear it should burn us.
Within the past thirty years civilization has rapidly taken possession of this lovely region.
Without the former quality, knowledge of the past is uninstructive; without the latter, it is deceptive.
And I finished all with a brief historical account of affairs and events in England for about a hundred years past.
Venice is a City of the Past, and wears her faded yet queenly robes more gracefully by night than by day.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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