How to Use this past in a Sentence

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• The point of Clean, however, is that this past is just prelude to the here and now.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
• There was what happened in New York this past week with the gag order.
  — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2023
• But this past year that Flaco thrived on his own and captured hearts along the way.
  — Juliana Kim, NPR, 24 Feb. 2024
• The transition to The Agency is one of two big life changes for Villela this past year.
  — Lizzie Hyman, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
• Thanks for stopping by Carat Station in Seoul this past week.
  — Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2024
• And this past weekend, five Gazans were struck and killed by a package with a parachute that failed to open.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
• Mid Coast Modern, next door to Dave’s, closed this past weekend.
  — David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2024
• The event returned to Tybee Island this past weekend for the first time since 2020.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 22 Apr. 2024
• The Heat have made the Finals twice in the past four seasons − in the 2020 Orlando bubble and this past season.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
• How about the Biletnikoff Award winner from this past season?
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2023
• The film has grossed $178 million in the United States, as of the close of this past weekend, setting a record for a concert film many times over.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Nov. 2023
• Three more of the group’s key commanders were killed in subsequent strikes this past week.
  — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 13 May 2023
• Their league-worst record this past season gave them the best odds to win, and their combination hit.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 7 May 2024
• My reference there is to the Supreme Court’s Chevron decision, announced at the end of term this past June.
  — Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
• Was Swift inspired by the slew of fellow celebrities who debuted their own take on the trend this past week?
  — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2023
• There’s a reason this guy was the obvious choice to win the Outland Trophy this past season.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
• But by the end of this past week, the company reversed course and suspended exports once again.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2023
• The enormous success of the Barbie movie this past weekend ($162 million and counting) has brought the value of toy IP to the forefront.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2023
• It's really felt like the adventure of a lifetime this past year.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
• Here is a teaser that was released this past summer at San Diego Comic-Con.
  — Denise Petski, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024
• Some streamers have already lost net subscribers this past year.
  — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2024
• Miller’s father, Kevin Miller, was a state trooper who also died in the line of duty in 2018, so this past week and a half has been a struggle for Sarah Miller.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2024
• For most of this past season, with the Heat hard up against the punitive luxury tax, the 15th and final roster spot was left vacant.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2023
• The report card noted that nutrition was a big upgrade this past year.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 28 Feb. 2024
• The cut sold 2,250 copies this past week (per Luminate), a massive jump from just single-digit sales in the prior frame.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
• As this past week has shown, the status quo in Israel-Palestine is untenable.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 13 Oct. 2023
• Weather records show that on the day Gates died this past June, temperatures in the Dallas area felt like 119 degrees.
  — Story, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
• Even so, this past week really tested my patience and my faith.
  — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
• Brandi Carlile about how five years in the studio together resulted in an album that catapulted her into the stratosphere this past year.
  — Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
• But despite those high-profile examples, data cited by the FDA suggest recalls were not unusually high this past year.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024