as in extinct
no longer existing
those bypast days when gasoline was cheap
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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 -
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
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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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
Adjective
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The restaurant is set inside a building whose interior decor, installed by the family, resembles that of a house in a bygone bayou.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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Gen Z is definitely here for the glam interiors of a bygone era.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Disputing the charge with your credit card company within 60 days under the Fair Credit Billing Act might have also worked, even with an expired card (issuers can often route refunds to new accounts).—
Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Throw out expired food, and store like items together to make meal preparation more manageable.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Bypast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bypast. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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