How to Use this past in a Sentence

this past

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  • It’s been my honor and privilege to work with him and for him over this past decade.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
  • Someday, hopefully soon, confronting this past will be less painful than a bruised rib.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2026
  • The Sharks went 1-for-3 this past season on coach’s challenges.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Hamner’s in-laws have a family hunting camp that killed fifty in one week this past fall.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Quatraro was signed to a three-year contract extension this past offseason.
    — Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026
  • Months of dry weather and a record lack of snow this past winter in some places along with erratic winds have been fueling the fires.
    — Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • Wildfires have erupted over the past week across the West, fueled by months of dry weather and a record lack of snow this past winter in some places.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • Gudas is the second player who was a captain this past season to join Florida in recent weeks.
    — ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • The deal, which a contract originally specified should have closed by the end of this past April, has yet to reach the finish line.
    — Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 6 July 2026
  • Formula 1 returned to what is a home race for most of the teams on the grid this past weekend with the British Grand Prix.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
  • Thanks to Hulu’s Love Story, straight-leg jeans were all the rage in NYC this past spring.
    — Essence Wiley, InStyle, 2 July 2026
  • Karmanov was cut by the OHL’s Brantford Bulldogs at the start of this past season.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 28 June 2026
  • LeBron this past spring, at 41, was still leading the Lakers into the second round of the playoffs.
    — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026
  • Carlo struggled with a significant injury this past season after blocking a shot with his foot and then having the area get infected.
    — James Mirtle, New York Times, 27 June 2026
  • Karmanov spent part of this past season with the OHL’s North Bay Battalion.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 28 June 2026
  • The two Western Conference finalists from this past postseason head up the leaderboard.
    — Juan Carlos Blanco, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • There are more questions than answers about the Celtics' side of this deal for now, but this past season should have taught everyone to underestimate them at your own peril.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Until this past Supreme Court term, emergency applications fluctuated year to year but showed no clear upward trend.
    — Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 1 July 2026
  • Formula 1 raced at the Red Bull Ring in Austria this past weekend while the region sweltered under a heat dome.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026
  • Macklin Celebrini was fourth in the NHL this past season with 115 points in 82 games.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • The Sharks’ defense corps combined for just 141 points this past season, a total that ranked 21st in the NHL.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 30 June 2026
  • Keels, who was a second-round pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, closed this past season on a two-way contract with the Heat.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 5 July 2026
  • Hildeby, meanwhile, is an interesting bet for the Lightning, as the mammoth Swede was excellent in spot duty for the Leafs this past season.
    — James Mirtle, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • But this past May, the Department of Education finalized the federal loan policy that will now go into place.
    — Madeline Luebkert, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • But Rice, who helped Arsenal win the Premier League title this past season, apparently likes the Royals.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
  • The Aspen Acres fire is one of about 40 uncontained large blazes burning mostly in the West, fueled by months of dry weather and a record lack of snow this past winter in some places.
    — ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • His indictment this past fall also includes three misdemeanor counts of participating in a government decision while having a conflict of interest.
    — Corey Schmidt july 6, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
  • Some scratches early in this past season led to reports of Mintyukov requesting a trade, but the smooth-skating blueliner improved his play and settled in on Anaheim’s second defense pairing.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • Bumila has drawn tons of attention from scouts across the sport, and Red Sox amateur scouting director Jake Bruml was among the horde of top decision-makers who watched him in person this past spring.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 July 2026
  • The Sharks on June 17 acquired Kesselring, 26, and the 27th overall pick in this past weekend’s draft for the 20th overall selection.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 29 June 2026

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