yesterdays

noun

plural of yesterday
as in pasts
the events or experience of former times my grandparents are always reminiscing about yesterday

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Recent Examples of yesterdays The two candidates who advance to the general election would be wise to offer Californians a hope for the future that doesn’t call back to our yesterdays. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026 Today, as in all of mankind’s yesterdays, guarantees this type of song will never go out of style. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2026 Today, as in all of mankind’s yesterdays, guarantees this song will never go out of style. — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026 My poetry began as a father’s sly growl, became a spectacle on a rickety stage washed in limelight, and now is a 70-year-old woman’s walk back into a thousand yesterdays. — Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025 As noted in yesterdays’ newsletter, O’Hearn is 4-for-5 with two home runs and two doubles against lefties. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
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pasts
Noun
  • Based on its trailer, Wild Horse Nine, which premieres in competition on September 3, seems to find McDonagh back in his sweet spot, helming a pitch-black comedy about two charismatic men wrestling with their dark pasts.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 1 Sep. 2026
  • As they are pulled into conflicts that stir dark memories from their own pasts, the boundaries between play and dangerous power struggles dissolve — and victims and perpetrators become impossible to tell apart.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026
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“Yesterdays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yesterdays. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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