past summer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpastandsummer
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past
adjective
uk/pɑːst/us/pæst/
used to refer to a period of time before and until ...
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summer
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈsʌm.ər/us/ˈsʌm.ɚ/
the season of the year between spring and autumn when the weather is warmest, lasting from June to September north of the equator and from December to March south of ...
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(Definition ofpastandsummerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpast summer
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The last survey was made during thepastsummerand as a result nine extra slaughterhouses have been brought into use.
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They certainly could not be counted on the fingers of one hand during thepastsummer.
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After the events of thepastsummer, that should be starkly etched on all our minds.
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Far too often that effluent finds its way into the water course with the most dreadful effects, not least during thepastsummer.
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What has happened to holidaymakers during thepastsummermust never happen again.
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I have been abroad a good deal during thepastsummerand everywhere one sees great new hotels being built.
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This is a large number because it relates only to thepastsummer.
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During thepastsummerwe had the £100 million cut in overseas expenditure, and now we have this most recent package.
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It was arranged during thepastsummerthat the house would be sold.
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Our experience during thepastsummershould have convinced everybody who had not previously been convinced about that.
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Nearly everything depends upon timing your actions correctly, and it is obvious that coal should have been distributed and stocks made up all through thepastsummer.
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In view of what has happened during thepastsummer, and is happening now, they do not seem to have given a lot of consideration to the consumer.
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The band formed in the fall of 2000 after their former bands broke up thatpastsummer.
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