as in extinct
no longer existing
those bypast days when gasoline was cheap
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Panda haters often argue that the billions of dollars that are spent to prevent them from going extinct would be better allocated to saving more adaptable species.—
Christopher Cann,
USA TODAY,
26 Jan. 2025 -
Colossal aims to revive the woolly mammoth species, which mainly went extinct 10,000 years ago (though some populations remained until 4,000 years ago), by creating a woolly mammoth calf that an elephant mother will then give birth to.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
15 Jan. 2025
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The ships, built 30 years ago to sail the St. Lawrence Seaway, were first overhauled in 2019 under the Victory name by the now defunct American Queen Voyages.—
Jeri Clausing,
AFAR Media,
23 Jan. 2025
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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Digital Currency Group, the crypto firm founded by Barry Silbert, and the former executive of a defunct unit are paying the SEC $38.5 million for misleading investors.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
17 Jan. 2025
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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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One of the most photographed objects in the night sky is the Ring Nebula, wreckage of a bygone sun-like star about 2,000 light-years from Earth.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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The show contained tributes to bygone collaborators like the late David Bowie, whose prequel film character Agent Phillip Jeffries was shown transmuted into a large, kettle-like machine.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2025
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Coco Austin Defends Bathing Her 6-Year-Old Daughter In Sink By Maggie Ekberg Contributing Entertainment Writer 1 Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors What happens when a Hollywood icon gets pulled over for expired plates?—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
7 Jan. 2025
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So is the time he was pulled over for an expired plate.—
Shelly Bradbury,
The Denver Post,
8 Dec. 2024
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“Bypast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bypast. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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