as in extinct
no longer existing
elderly people reminiscing about bygone fashions
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Recent Examples of bygone
Robert Ross, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2025
Childhood under threat As a child worker, Miss Huang might seem like an uncanny ghost of a bygone era of childhood.
—Anna Mae Duane, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2025
In the era of ubiquitous smartphones and omnichannel social media presence, business cards, once viewed as an essential tool of successful networking, have begun to seem like quaint relics of a bygone era.
—Benjamin Claeys, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and Richard Harris play characters carved out of granite — monuments of a bygone era that maybe should be swept aside by civility and industrialization.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
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Photo : Darin Schnabel, courtesy of RM Sotheby's The interior is evocative of a bygone era where toggle switches were standard and seat belts were optional.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2025
Childhood under threat As a child worker, Miss Huang might seem like an uncanny ghost of a bygone era of childhood.
—Anna Mae Duane, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2025
In the era of ubiquitous smartphones and omnichannel social media presence, business cards, once viewed as an essential tool of successful networking, have begun to seem like quaint relics of a bygone era.
—Benjamin Claeys, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and Richard Harris play characters carved out of granite — monuments of a bygone era that maybe should be swept aside by civility and industrialization.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bygone
Adjective
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From the elevated overlook, visitors have an incredible view of a bare panorama that holds the remains of many extinct species dating back 5 million years.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
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After examining multiple roughly 99-million-year-old specimens, researchers believe the extinct wasp species featured Venus flytrap-like abdomen appendages for capturing other insects.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
27 Mar. 2025
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After erasing her past, Ariana Grande is looking well into her future in a new teaser for her Brighter Days Ahead short film.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
26 Mar. 2025
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And if the pensions are sweetened for current employees’ past service, why not pay the cost in the current year?—
Ted Dabrowski,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The same thing happened the last time the Russians attacked under a giant flag—in that case, the blood-red flag of the defunct Soviet Union.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Her firm is now defunct, and some of those artworks have begun heading to sale in auctions run by courts and Phillips.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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Browse According to Category: Berkshires Hotels | Private Homes City: Richmond, Massachusetts Set upon a 20-acre bucolic hillside property, this restored Georgian-Federalist residence transports you to yesteryear—to 1792 to be exact.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Architectural Digest,
5 Mar. 2025
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As a striker, Delap is a throwback to yesteryear, but with a deft touch.—
Dan Sheldon,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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Three sisters spun, in myth and lore, The Fates, the Norns, of ancient yore.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
30 Oct. 2024
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Lost tapes, warped vinyl records, and scratched CDs have historically been the relics of hip-hop yore.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
21 Apr. 2023
Adjective
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So many firsts, gone, charred to ash, just remnants of an area that once represented Black prosperity and joy.—
Maya Richard-Craven,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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The original pioneers were mostly busy making non-hyperpop or gone: SOPHIE tragically died in 2021; 100 gecs spent years toiling to make their zany stadium-rock second album.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
3 Oct. 2024
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“Bygone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bygone. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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