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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Agility: The Ultimate Competitive Edge Five-year strategic plans are relics of a bygone era.
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Izabela Lundberg, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Mariah remix is making — stamps it to an era of millennials and Gen X–ers pining for bygone culture, while zoomers discover and distort their parents’ favorites.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
In a bygone era from not long ago, those circumstances and that quote would have been enough to assure Meier stayed home and that the Badgers locked up the best talent inside its borders.
—Jesse Temple, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Backlit by golden light, the teenage-girl-style handwriting that scrolls across the screen during the montage when Alex completes a few goals evokes the nostalgia of a bygone era.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
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Izabela Lundberg, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Mariah remix is making — stamps it to an era of millennials and Gen X–ers pining for bygone culture, while zoomers discover and distort their parents’ favorites.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
In a bygone era from not long ago, those circumstances and that quote would have been enough to assure Meier stayed home and that the Badgers locked up the best talent inside its borders.
—Jesse Temple, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Backlit by golden light, the teenage-girl-style handwriting that scrolls across the screen during the montage when Alex completes a few goals evokes the nostalgia of a bygone era.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Bygone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bygone. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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