past
adjective
gone by or elapsed in time.
pasts
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pluralof past.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Some female cast members we spoke to told us they had not been informed about their partners' criminal pasts when they were matched.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
This is, to put it plainly, the stuff of well-considered emotional rawness, painstaking portraiture of our collective pasts.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
But gone too is a sense that we understand each other’s pasts, and Nicole’s understanding of Birdie shatters into a mess of devotion and anger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
All were wealthy and at the peaks of their careers, but all also bore the scars of nineteenth-century life, their pasts full of wrecked rail cars, fevers, and the premature deaths of loved ones.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
