as in pasts
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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Noun
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But then, thanks to a cryptic sentient car GPS, they're brought together for a road trip that involves opening a series of random doors to their pasts.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025 -
Pic was written by The Menu‘s Seth Reiss and follows two strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and have the chance to relive important moments from their pasts.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
17 Sep. 2025
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When employers look past pedigrees and see workers’ singular abilities, histories, and motivations, skills gaps disappear.—
Ryan Stowers,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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For more than three decades, Shahzia Sikander (born in 1969 in Lahore, Pakistan) has been reframing South Asian visual histories through a contemporary feminist perspective.—
Jake Richardson,
Mercury News,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Yores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yores. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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