of yesteryear
idiom
literary
: of the past : from a long time ago
the values of yesteryear
radio shows of yesteryear
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Thank God for YouTube, where a determined connoisseur of classic comedy can go back to those glorious days of yesteryear and watch black and white standup from the 1960s or listen to crackly radio comedy from the 1950s.
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Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2025
Villa pushed up at the back — a return to the dramatic high line of yesteryear — broke quickly and played fast and loose, sometimes losing the ball spectacularly but sometimes cutting through Liverpool wonderfully.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
These aren’t the Asian equivalent of yesteryear’s Yugos.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
But the Shot in the Dark is much more like a hidden immunity idol with really bad odds than those two regrettable back-from-the-dead game mechanics of yesteryear.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2025
Villa pushed up at the back — a return to the dramatic high line of yesteryear — broke quickly and played fast and loose, sometimes losing the ball spectacularly but sometimes cutting through Liverpool wonderfully.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
These aren’t the Asian equivalent of yesteryear’s Yugos.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
But the Shot in the Dark is much more like a hidden immunity idol with really bad odds than those two regrettable back-from-the-dead game mechanics of yesteryear.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Of yesteryear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20yesteryear. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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