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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The adults as much as the teenagers find themselves beset by doubts about their futures, haunted by the ghosts of their pasts, or agonizing over the thorny matter of God’s presence or absence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 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
Both have pasts you wouldn’t put on a Tinder profile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 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
What sort of calculation would their neighbors make, weighing all the promises of their new circumstances against the allegations and the truth of their own pasts?
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
