as in extinct
no longer existing
elderly people reminiscing about bygone fashions
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Recent Examples of bygone
Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 26 June 2025
Julianne Jordan supervised the recording, and David Newman — whose family roots go back to 1930s Hollywood and who specializes in vintage film music restoration and bygone performance techniques — conducted.
—Tim Greiving, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
Firstly, designers are harking back to the past, introducing new iterations of footwear from bygone decades.
—Kelsey Stewart, Refinery29, 25 June 2025
The idea that only land invasions can achieve military objectives belongs to a bygone era—one that has cost the United States dearly in blood and treasure.
—David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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Noun
Their flair for reviving the spirit of bygone landmarks with a contemporary edge has led them to a roster of projects that span the globe.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 26 June 2025
Julianne Jordan supervised the recording, and David Newman — whose family roots go back to 1930s Hollywood and who specializes in vintage film music restoration and bygone performance techniques — conducted.
—Tim Greiving, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
Firstly, designers are harking back to the past, introducing new iterations of footwear from bygone decades.
—Kelsey Stewart, Refinery29, 25 June 2025
The idea that only land invasions can achieve military objectives belongs to a bygone era—one that has cost the United States dearly in blood and treasure.
—David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bygone
Adjective
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Someone else wanted to make a list of every species that had ever gone extinct.—
Clare Sestanovich,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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Paleontologists have spent decades hotly debating why such magnificent beasts went extinct, the emerging picture involving a one-two punch of increasing human influence on the landscape and a warmer interglacial climate that began to change the world’s ecosystems.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Traveling El Camino Real affords a one-of-a-kind glimpse into the state’s past.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
12 July 2025
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But if Ballard is trying to build longevity, then giving its unit members shared pasts and trauma is a speedy table-setting method.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Note: The Austin Critics Table, a now defunct arts journalism group, had agreed in 2019 that actor, director, playwright and journalist Robert Faires, absent from the voting that year, deserved to be inducted into the subsequent Hall of Fame class.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
13 July 2025
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Executives from the now defunct watch brand wondered if the failure of the commercial was also due in part to the watch’s bezel not being properly featured.—
Seth Reiss,
New Yorker,
10 July 2025
Noun
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For the second time in less than a year, Jake Paul battered a long-past-his-prime boxing champion from yesteryear.—
Mark Puleo,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Designed and produced by creative partner Callen, each room offers a unique theme to transport guests back to yesteryear.—
Emma Kershaw,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
Noun
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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 19 Jul. 2025.
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