of yesteryear

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: of the past : from a long time ago

the values of yesteryear

radio shows of yesteryear

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The latest Star Wars series, titled Skeleton Crew, bills itself as a throwback to the Amblin adventure movies of yesteryear. —

Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2024 These questions and others inspired me to take a walk down the toy aisles of yesteryear and explore seven particularly questionable toy tie-ins of our youth. —

Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 28 Nov. 2024 A far cry from the crinkly, loud, plasticky windbreakers of yesteryear, Mountain Hardwear’s Kor AirShell is deliciously quiet. —

Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 27 Nov. 2024 The busy news cycle will quickly move on from Insurance-Fraud Bear, and soon this whole ordeal will fade from our collective memory, much like the many silly bear stories of yesteryear. —

Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for of yesteryear

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