as in extinct
no longer existing
elderly people reminiscing about bygone fashions
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Recent Examples of bygone
Caroline Downey, National Review, 27 Mar. 2025
The position of the jaws may not be leftover traits from a bygone era, but a more recent adaptation, evolutionarily speaking.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
Built in the 1920s and later owned by decorator Craig Wright, the property was a palimpsest of bygone eras, its Spanish Colonial Revival shell containing the mark of many hands.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 26 Mar. 2025
The Alto Knights is titled after a local Mafia social-club hangout, as if suggesting an ode to bygone camaraderie.
—Armond White, National Review, 21 Mar. 2025
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Books, Arts & Manners Books A Hero’s Bargain Brian Stewart
In an age when heroism is often seen as a relic of a bygone era, the life and death of Alexei Navalny stands as a challenge and a rebuke to progressive nostrums of the day.
—Caroline Downey, National Review, 27 Mar. 2025
The position of the jaws may not be leftover traits from a bygone era, but a more recent adaptation, evolutionarily speaking.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
Built in the 1920s and later owned by decorator Craig Wright, the property was a palimpsest of bygone eras, its Spanish Colonial Revival shell containing the mark of many hands.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 26 Mar. 2025
The Alto Knights is titled after a local Mafia social-club hangout, as if suggesting an ode to bygone camaraderie.
—Armond White, National Review, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bygone
Adjective
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From the elevated overlook, visitors have an incredible view of a bare panorama that holds the remains of many extinct species dating back 5 million years.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
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After examining multiple roughly 99-million-year-old specimens, researchers believe the extinct wasp species featured Venus flytrap-like abdomen appendages for capturing other insects.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
27 Mar. 2025
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The actor, who portrayed Rick, a man searching for answers about his father’s mysterious past at a luxury resort in Thailand, opened up about the shocking finale that no one saw coming.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2025
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In the same way certain songs or scents can jolt you back to specific moments in your past, reminders of an ex can awaken neural pathways that were deeply carved by love and routine.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The same thing happened the last time the Russians attacked under a giant flag—in that case, the blood-red flag of the defunct Soviet Union.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Her firm is now defunct, and some of those artworks have begun heading to sale in auctions run by courts and Phillips.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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Browse According to Category: Berkshires Hotels | Private Homes City: Richmond, Massachusetts Set upon a 20-acre bucolic hillside property, this restored Georgian-Federalist residence transports you to yesteryear—to 1792 to be exact.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Architectural Digest,
5 Mar. 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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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 Apr. 2025.
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