bygone
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the bygone days of our ancestors
The stone wall is from a bygone age.
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This might be an uncomfortable statement for some, particularly those who find belief in any sort of deity to be an outdated relic of a bygone era.
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Donovan McAbee, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
Not quite a Saturday morning canyon carver, instead this Benz serves perfectly as the Sunday brunch cruiser, a true time capsule from a bygone era of motoring that Mercedes, and almost every automaker, can still learn from today.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
The Chew Valley Hoard represents this transition to Norman rule, with about half of its coins featuring Harold and the other half featuring William—as well as a single piece engraved with the profile of the bygone Edward.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Shards of caribou bones and antlers lie on the tundra as ghostly business cards of a bygone migration, greened with mold, and minutely chiseled and mined for calcium by tiny vole teeth.
—Jon Waterman, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2024
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Donovan McAbee, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
Not quite a Saturday morning canyon carver, instead this Benz serves perfectly as the Sunday brunch cruiser, a true time capsule from a bygone era of motoring that Mercedes, and almost every automaker, can still learn from today.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
The Chew Valley Hoard represents this transition to Norman rule, with about half of its coins featuring Harold and the other half featuring William—as well as a single piece engraved with the profile of the bygone Edward.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Shards of caribou bones and antlers lie on the tundra as ghostly business cards of a bygone migration, greened with mold, and minutely chiseled and mined for calcium by tiny vole teeth.
—Jon Waterman, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Bygone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bygone. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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