as in history
the events or experience of former times
we spent a pleasant evening recalling the past together
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as in former
having been such at some previous time
a past editor of the newspaper
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as in over
on or to the farther side of
I drive past the school every day
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Recent Examples of past
Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
Although convincing developers to build for Android XR might be a considerable challenge considering Google’s past, its initial low-friction strategy appears to align closely with Apple’s approach for the Vision Pro.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
While speaking with Time magazine, which selected the prolific piano man as its 2024 Icon of the Year, John opened up about his past drug use and expressed his strong opinions against the legalization of marijuana in the U.S. and Canada.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
The main characters in the comics are detectives Drew Foster and Kara Vaughn, partners on beauty crime cases who have to find their way past corrupt politicians, vengeful federal agents, and a terrifying mercenary out to collect the price on their heads.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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Getty Images News | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos have a particularly sketchy past with President-elect Donald Trump.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
Although convincing developers to build for Android XR might be a considerable challenge considering Google’s past, its initial low-friction strategy appears to align closely with Apple’s approach for the Vision Pro.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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On Tuesday, as prosecutors in New York City sought to extradite Mangione following his arrest Monday in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in connection to last week’s shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, clues about past health problems were emerging.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
While speaking with Time magazine, which selected the prolific piano man as its 2024 Icon of the Year, John opened up about his past drug use and expressed his strong opinions against the legalization of marijuana in the U.S. and Canada.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
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Get past the contrivances, and the comedy has some perceptive observations about the way grief and secrets can color a relationship, plus some very trenchant commentary about the sorry state of the Los Angeles real estate market.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
The main characters in the comics are detectives Drew Foster and Kara Vaughn, partners on beauty crime cases who have to find their way past corrupt politicians, vengeful federal agents, and a terrifying mercenary out to collect the price on their heads.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for past
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So far, the 39th president of the United States is the only living ex-president to signal his willingness to be there for the second inauguration ceremony in the country's history where a former president is returning to the White House.Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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For the first time in Texas history, nearly all border counties voted for Donald Trump, including Webb County.Bethany Blankley | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Dec. 2024
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Lake, a former TV broadcaster who narrowly lost the 2022 gubernatorial race, has been a prominent surrogate for Trump’s presidential campaign, appearing in Iowa and New Hampshire, and has been mentioned as a possible vice-presidential pick.Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
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Trump said he's taken more than 100 congratulatory calls from his former and future counterparts since the November election.Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Roan has previously opened up about her friendship with Carpenter, noting that the two have bonded over their meteoric rise to fame in such a relatively short period.Toria Sheffield, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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However, his career saw a turn driving for Stewart-Haas Racing in 2024, achieving a third-place finish at Talladega Superspeedway, and bagging seven top-10 finishes over 36 races.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
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Trump was originally set to be sentenced late last month, but after his November 5 election victory, Merchan paused the proceedings.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Account creation paused after high demand of AI video generator Tips to keep your dog safe while swimming All dogs, big or small, tend to take a dip in the water no matter the temperature.Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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The show skips across the decades, dramatizing the interviews an older Dolours (Maxine Peake) did for a Boston College oral history of the Troubles, which were taped with the promise that they would be released only after participants’ deaths.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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By contrast, the prospect of citizenships and alliances—and perhaps conquests or crusades—structured around the opinions, beliefs, and subjective identities of ordinary people in times of peace would require a new (or very old) conception of empire.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Several SpaceX executives have been asking questions about matters that go well beyond space policy, and interrogating federal spending across government agencies, people with direct knowledge of the talks say.Theodore Schleifer, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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The escape that physical intimacy and the act of climax provide is as fleeting as the climax itself, pushing Lee to go beyond the physical and seek out even deeper ways to connect, namely telepathy, by the film’s end.David Opie, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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Arsenal made overtures and given other interest around him, Villa regarded his acquisition a significant coup.Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
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The movie is constructed like a visual scrap quilt made in a meticulous and orderly fashion, sometimes focusing on Elwood's life in the '60s and other times flashing forward to the near-present day.Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
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In the gray daylight of the first days of Syria’s freedom, its citizens appear so far to be behaving not like unrestrained madmen but like traumatized, decent people worthy of their liberty, delivered even by an erstwhile jihadist.Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement The rapid advance by insurgents is a stunning reversal of fortunes for Syria’s President Bashar Assad, who appears to be largely on his own, with erstwhile allies preoccupied with other conflicts.Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Past.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/past. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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