shared past

collocation in English

meaningsofsharedandpast

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shared
adjective
uk
/ʃeəd/us
/ʃerd/
owned, divided, felt, or experienced by more than ...
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past
noun[S]
uk
/pɑːst/us
/pæst/
the period before and until, but not including, the ...
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(Definition ofsharedandpastfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshared past

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Trained staff structured talk around eight cultural themes from asharedpast.
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Married and heads of households, they risked much, but bonds wrought bysharedpastadversities exerted pressure.
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Graham thus reverses a critique of imperial claims for an authority based in a settled national agreement about asharedpast.
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One gets a sense of asharedpastand of shared or perhaps unshared divergences.
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Oursharedpasthas certainly left us with many things in common which go far beyond language.
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They both agreed to keep theirsharedpasta secret.
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Disclosing personal experiences can increase the intimacy level between people and reminiscing ofsharedpastevents strengthens pre-existing bonds.
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An example of a religious notion from thissharedpastis the concept of "dyus", which is attested in several distinct religious systems.
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Whilst there is a progressive narrative, many of the books focus on flashbacks to a major criminal incident from the detectives'sharedpast.
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The lyrics are a reflection on lost love, whereby a photograph is the only reminder of the protagonists'sharedpast.
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The characters are assumed to know each other in advance, and character creation includes inventing a couple of stories in theirsharedpast.
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