as in extinct
no longer existing
elderly people reminiscing about bygone fashions
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Recent Examples of bygone
airmail.news, 1 Mar. 2025
Evidence of bygone civilizations has been steadily deposited on the river’s muddy bottom for modern archaeologists to mine.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Cougars basketball had mostly been forgotten, a relic from the past leaning on the bygone eras of Phi Slama Jama and Elvin Hayes.
—Cj Moore, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
The Reds and Arizona Diamondbacks both relaxed their restrictions in 1999, and such policies were mostly relics of a bygone era.
—Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
From Oscar parties to parking lots, Dafydd Jones’s L.A. photos capture a bygone era
March 1, 2025
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In the early 1990s, the English photographer Dafydd Jones was in New York shooting penthouse dinner parties and galas.
—airmail.news, 1 Mar. 2025
Evidence of bygone civilizations has been steadily deposited on the river’s muddy bottom for modern archaeologists to mine.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Cougars basketball had mostly been forgotten, a relic from the past leaning on the bygone eras of Phi Slama Jama and Elvin Hayes.
—Cj Moore, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
The Reds and Arizona Diamondbacks both relaxed their restrictions in 1999, and such policies were mostly relics of a bygone era.
—Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bygone
Adjective
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Colossal said its woolly mouse would enable its scientists to test hypotheses about the link between specific DNA sequences and physical traits that enabled the mammoth, which went extinct around 4,000 years ago, to adapt to life in cold climates.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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At some point, dinosaur diversity peaked, but began to decline for at least two million years before the creatures went extinct.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
27 Feb. 2025
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Few cultures have left a deeper mark on history, and while Egypt remains the ultimate place to explore its past, London’s British Museum offers a rare chance to step into antiquity with one of the world’s most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian artefacts outside Egypt.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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If past is prologue, some clues about how Trump might approach this routine task of the presidency may be found in Trump's State of the Union address from 2020.—
Tamara Keith,
NPR,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Previously, White Sox games were televised on the now defunct NBC SportsNet Chicago.—
Brad Adgate,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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In Georgia she got involved with a legendary, now defunct community health food store, Life’s Essentials, and several schools that promoted racial pride, good health, and collaboration.—
Cynthia R. Greenlee,
Bon Appétit,
28 Feb. 2025
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As a striker, Delap is a throwback to yesteryear, but with a deft touch.—
Dan Sheldon,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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While some stars went modern with their looks (Naomi Watts and Tilda Swinton both delivered on that front), nominees like Mikey Madison, Margaret Qualley, and Amy Adams all were visions straight of Hollywood's yesteryear.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
6 Jan. 2025
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Three sisters spun, in myth and lore, The Fates, the Norns, of ancient yore.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
30 Oct. 2024
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Lost tapes, warped vinyl records, and scratched CDs have historically been the relics of hip-hop yore.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
21 Apr. 2023
Adjective
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So many firsts, gone, charred to ash, just remnants of an area that once represented Black prosperity and joy.—
Maya Richard-Craven,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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The original pioneers were mostly busy making non-hyperpop or gone: SOPHIE tragically died in 2021; 100 gecs spent years toiling to make their zany stadium-rock second album.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
3 Oct. 2024
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“Bygone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bygone. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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