bygone
noun
Examples of bygone in a Sentence
the bygone days of our ancestors
The stone wall is from a bygone age.
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The recipe comes from a bygone department store called Miller & Rhoads.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
Today, the song feels like an accidentally nostalgic ode to a bygone era when Baltimore’s plentiful factory jobs and thriving nightlife lured droves of Southerners to the city.
—Spin Team, SPIN, 20 Apr. 2026
Leslie and her gruff-but-caring, staunch Libertarian boss Ron Swanson (the incomparable Nick Offerman) became symbols of bygone bipartisanship, not to mention endless memes.
—Jennifer Armstrong, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026
That training — not unlike the kind of traditional first jobs peers his age would work for decades to come in the full-service gas station business of a bygone era — led to his full immersion in the family business.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
Today, the song feels like an accidentally nostalgic ode to a bygone era when Baltimore’s plentiful factory jobs and thriving nightlife lured droves of Southerners to the city.
—Spin Team, SPIN, 20 Apr. 2026
Leslie and her gruff-but-caring, staunch Libertarian boss Ron Swanson (the incomparable Nick Offerman) became symbols of bygone bipartisanship, not to mention endless memes.
—Jennifer Armstrong, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026
That training — not unlike the kind of traditional first jobs peers his age would work for decades to come in the full-service gas station business of a bygone era — led to his full immersion in the family business.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Bygone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bygone. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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