PASTS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

pasts

noun

plural of past

as in histories

the events or experience of former times we spent a pleasant evening recalling the past together

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Recent Examples of pasts Complex pasts For decades, Japan continued with this strategy and even developed an Islam policy in the 1930s. — Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026 Throughout the third season, viewers witness Jackie and Cole navigate not only their evolving relationship and heartbreaking breakup but also their struggles with their pasts and their journey to rediscover their true selves. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026 In the past, fashion and art institutions have struggled to properly reflect their subjects’ prejudiced pasts. — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026 But instead of gossiping about who’s dating whom, collaborators batted around their pasts and infused the darkly comedic anthology series with themes of samsara and the Jungian Shadow. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 There’s some wisdom in not having a rape threat hover over ten hours of serialized television, and the shift has opened up some thorny connections between Cady and Anna Bowden, whose pasts continue to intersect in intriguing ways. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 July 2026 At the same time, small fly-by-night schools have been opened by profiteers and people with problematic pasts or no educational experience. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 16 July 2026 What makes the film compelling is how Pacino’s Will Dormer and Williams’ Walter Finch toy with each other over their pasts that are consuming them both. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 14 July 2026 The elision of more recent pasts leaves something to be desired elsewhere in the show, too. — Cat Dawson, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2026

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Noun

The outage, now in its 11th day, has disrupted access to medical records, prescription histories, and scheduling systems.

— Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
For many Christians and Jews, protecting coexistence in the Holy Land is a moral imperative after their own long histories of religious persecution.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

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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

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