bygone
noun
Examples of bygone in a Sentence
the bygone days of our ancestors
The stone wall is from a bygone age.
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But those days are long gone, and a time where a host had an eight-figure annual contract to host a daily show in a midtown Manhattan theater with 400 seats and a staff that topped 100 seems like a relic of a bygone era.
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2025
Trump still thinks that contending with a genuine authoritarian like Putin — a former KGB lieutenant colonel obsessed with some bygone vision of glorious imperial Russia or — is the same as striking a deal for a building on Park Ave.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 July 2025
Both bands are heavily inspired by music of a bygone era.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2025
According to De-Extinction, the film aims to show how scientists are bringing back bygone species, and discuss the ethical dilemmas emerging from the advancement of this new field.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 13 July 2025
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2025
Trump still thinks that contending with a genuine authoritarian like Putin — a former KGB lieutenant colonel obsessed with some bygone vision of glorious imperial Russia or — is the same as striking a deal for a building on Park Ave.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 July 2025
Both bands are heavily inspired by music of a bygone era.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2025
According to De-Extinction, the film aims to show how scientists are bringing back bygone species, and discuss the ethical dilemmas emerging from the advancement of this new field.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 13 July 2025
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“Bygone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bygone. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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