distant past
Frequency: 7.010.8 per million words
Referring to a time far away in the past.
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- It all happened in the distant past.
- Scientists study fossils to learn about the distant past.
- The legends of our tribe stretch back into the distant past.
- This technology was just a dream in the distant past.
- We can only guess what life was like in the distant past.
- The ruins provide a window into the city's distant past.
- Events in the distant past continue to shape our world today.
- Historians disagree on the exact dates of the distant past.
- Sometimes it feels as though those wars occurred in the distant past.
- Many secrets of the distant past remain buried underground.