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 Pottery Barn Convertible floor sleeper is the futon mattress of yesteryear.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
His most recent movie, Licorice Pizza, was an oft-gorgeous but almost myopic look at a Hollywood of yesteryear.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
Johnson’s dishonesty doesn’t even take into consideration the carnage from the homicides of yesteryear in the Windy City.
—Christopher Tremoglie, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Performing hits from Sinatra’s extensive repertoire and other standards from the Great American Songbook, singer Rick Michel and his 24-piece orchestra will transport audiences to a musical era of yesteryear.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
His most recent movie, Licorice Pizza, was an oft-gorgeous but almost myopic look at a Hollywood of yesteryear.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
Johnson’s dishonesty doesn’t even take into consideration the carnage from the homicides of yesteryear in the Windy City.
—Christopher Tremoglie, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Performing hits from Sinatra’s extensive repertoire and other standards from the Great American Songbook, singer Rick Michel and his 24-piece orchestra will transport audiences to a musical era of yesteryear.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Of yesteryear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20yesteryear. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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