as in extinct
no longer existing
elderly people reminiscing about bygone fashions
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Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2024
Even surrounded by her nagging sister Jill (Adrienne Pickering), doting mother Marj (Sarah Peirse), and precocious niece Larry (Lou Baxter), Grace is quick to dismiss her considerable struggles from the recent past as medical anecdotes of a bygone personal era.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
This image, like game rentals as a whole, is now a relic of a bygone era.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2024
Legacy acts like De La Soul and Aaliyah’s streaming debuts introduced them to new audiences, bolstering them from symbols of bygone eras to classic artists worthy of getting on the playlists of young listeners.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2024
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The airline, which represents a bygone era in the aviation industry, will now take off on two 12-night journeys from New York with stops in Bermuda, Lisbon, Marseille, London, and Foynes in Ireland.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2024
Even surrounded by her nagging sister Jill (Adrienne Pickering), doting mother Marj (Sarah Peirse), and precocious niece Larry (Lou Baxter), Grace is quick to dismiss her considerable struggles from the recent past as medical anecdotes of a bygone personal era.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
This image, like game rentals as a whole, is now a relic of a bygone era.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2024
Legacy acts like De La Soul and Aaliyah’s streaming debuts introduced them to new audiences, bolstering them from symbols of bygone eras to classic artists worthy of getting on the playlists of young listeners.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Bygone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bygone. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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