as in past
the events or experience of former times
my favorite stories are about gallant knights and fair maidens in the days of yore
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And like the Vanderbilts of yore, the Ambanis don’t seem to give a hoot.
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Mark Rozzo, Town & Country, 2 Apr. 2023
Guests could also peruse the booths that sold toys and VHS tapes, get a Furby tattoo or put on a disposable coverall and have neon green slime splashed over their heads like the Nickelodeon stars of yore.
—Madeleine Aggeler, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
Fast-forward half a century and a new architectural renaissance is sweeping Lagos, one that eschews the hodgepodge styles of yore for a minimalism embedded with a distinctly Nigerian twist.
—Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 31 Mar. 2023
But if the opera is turned into an irrelevant period drama of yore, can even Mozart’s sublime music pull us through?
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023
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Mark Rozzo, Town & Country, 2 Apr. 2023
Guests could also peruse the booths that sold toys and VHS tapes, get a Furby tattoo or put on a disposable coverall and have neon green slime splashed over their heads like the Nickelodeon stars of yore.
—Madeleine Aggeler, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
Fast-forward half a century and a new architectural renaissance is sweeping Lagos, one that eschews the hodgepodge styles of yore for a minimalism embedded with a distinctly Nigerian twist.
—Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 31 Mar. 2023
But if the opera is turned into an irrelevant period drama of yore, can even Mozart’s sublime music pull us through?
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023
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“Yore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yore. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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