bygone
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the bygone days of our ancestors
The stone wall is from a bygone age.
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The Kansas City Star archives offer a glimpse into that bygone era, where players weren’t shielded behind layers of team restrictions.
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Monty Davis, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
Yet despite the coalition's compelling case, which focused on safety and positive rider outcomes, the FTA released a draft policy statement in December 2024, in the last days of the Biden administration, that doubled down on onerous requirements of a bygone era.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
More Culture At the inaugural balls, the gowns worn by Melania and Ivanka Trump and Usha Vance were pastiches of bygone eras.
—Melissa Kirsch, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Delta Work recalls of the bygone era of 1980s and ’90s fashion and fantasy in Los Angeles that served as her earliest inspiration.
—Candace Hansen, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Monty Davis, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
Yet despite the coalition's compelling case, which focused on safety and positive rider outcomes, the FTA released a draft policy statement in December 2024, in the last days of the Biden administration, that doubled down on onerous requirements of a bygone era.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
More Culture At the inaugural balls, the gowns worn by Melania and Ivanka Trump and Usha Vance were pastiches of bygone eras.
—Melissa Kirsch, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Delta Work recalls of the bygone era of 1980s and ’90s fashion and fantasy in Los Angeles that served as her earliest inspiration.
—Candace Hansen, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Bygone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bygone. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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