bygone era
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbygoneandera
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bygone
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈbaɪ.ɡɒn/us/ˈbaɪ.ɡɑːn/
belonging to or happening in a ...
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era
noun[C]
uk/ˈɪə.rə/us/ˈer.ə/us/ˈɪr.ə/
a period of time of which particular events or stages of development ...
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(Definition ofbygoneanderafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They were, in a sense, the swansong of thebygoneeraof violent resistance.
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The technology employed has long since passed into obscurity, and only a select and inevitably diminishing group of pioneers is now able to provide a conduit to thisbygoneera.
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Surely, in 1968, the old financial distinction belongs to abygoneera.
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This was formulated when most mentally ill patients were treated in hospital; it now reflects the practices of abygoneera.
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My two engineering colleagues both have personal histories and work experiences which are characteristic of abygoneeraand which cannot be reproduced.
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Tradition is misunderstood everywhere and, therefore, misrepresented as something stuffy, sterile and primitive, a useless relic from abygoneera.
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However, the element of compulsion lies in abygoneera.
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There is a kind of "ad hocism" here, which dates back to a distantbygoneera.
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There would be an unreformed budget and agricultural and fisheries policies from abygoneera.
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Blinded by their utopian dreams from abygoneera, the federalists fail completely to look at their own record.
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The whole approach to transatlantic air routes is a throwback to abygoneeraand is inconsistent with globalisation endeavours.
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It was designed for abygoneera.
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No one who has a genuine interest in the future of the industry wants to see its efforts hampered by antiquated legislation of abygoneera.
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The pact had emphasized the urgent need to give priority to the sectors of the future - to stimulate their development and break the deadlock of abygoneera.
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In abygoneerait was necessary for professors to exercise a degree of autocracy in order not just to protect their departments but to protect their subjects.
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I am by no means wanting to make the case that practitioners of thatbygoneerawere more efficient or more conscientious than the practitioners of today.
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No one who has a genuine interest in the future of the industry wants to see its efforts being hampered by the antiquated legislation of abygoneera.
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With long blond hair, a denim jacket, white jeans and cowboy boots he resembles thebygoneeraof flower power 60s music.
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The experience whisks you away to abygoneera.
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These cottages are unique in that many have not changed for well over one hundred years, presenting an interesting view of abygoneera.
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