as in extinct
no longer existing
elderly people reminiscing about bygone fashions
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Recent Examples of bygone
Erin Hill, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Arguably, in a time where many historic distilleries have closed and traditional production methods have evolved, Việt's bottles serve as liquid libraries of techniques and flavors from bygone eras.
—Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
Passenger train travel is often thought of as a relic of a bygone era.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Taylor could revive that bygone Hollywood tradition of turning a wedding into not just a private milestone, but a cultural event.
—Erin Hill, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Arguably, in a time where many historic distilleries have closed and traditional production methods have evolved, Việt's bottles serve as liquid libraries of techniques and flavors from bygone eras.
—Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
Twenty-first-century indie shaped the identities of many Millennials, but it’s now often talked about with pitying nostalgia—as the bygone style of hipsters with handlebar mustaches pretending to be countercultural while making easy-listening music for hotel lobbies.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
Passenger train travel is often thought of as a relic of a bygone era.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bygone
Adjective
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Rochín-Bañaga, who was not involved in the new research, has used the method to analyze ancient corals and belemnites, an extinct order of squidlike cephalopods.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Paleoanthropologists have once again sparked a debate after suggesting that a long-extinct human relative may have buried its dead more than 120,000 years before modern humans started funerary practices.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In addition to Ballas, other past and present professional dancers have also served as guest judges — including Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Cheryl Burke, Kym Johnson Herjavec, Allison Holker, Artem Chigvintsev, Jenna Johnson, Karina Smirnoff and Lindsay Arnold.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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But the hotel definitely still has whispers of that same retro spirit, especially because of the nods to the Flamingo’s notorious past.—
Julie Tremaine,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The now-defunct chatroom was then shut down sometime prior to the Perry High School shooting.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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Some residents have called for the defunct Shelby Park branch — a former Carnegie library — to reopen in its former home on the grounds of Shelby Park on east Oak Street.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
17 Sep. 2025
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The designer celebrated his 10th anniversary show Sept. 9 and kicked off a busy fashion season with an ode to yesteryear.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Taco Bell is reaching into the back of its virtual pantry and pulling out five discontinued items from yesteryear, such as Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos and Chili Cheese Burritos.—
Fielding Buck,
Oc Register,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Kendall Jenner summer school of style has steadily been banking the season’s buzziest trends: Sheer dresses and polka dots on the beach, the Gen-X boot and jean tuck, the ‘tomato girl’ aesthetic of summer’s yore even in the mix.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
25 July 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
Adjective
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By reprogramming ordinary cells—like skin fibroblasts—into stem cells, scientists hope to create eggs and sperm from individuals long gone.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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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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“Bygone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bygone. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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