New
New adjective - Being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles.
Usage example: new techniques in plastic surgery
Past
Past adjective - Having been such at some previous time.
Both words in one sentence
- As he won the war, its brutality, his violent past and the new-found powers all combined had corrupted Megatron so that he has forgotten what he fought for in the first place, only remembering the rage he feels towards the Autobots.
Source: Analysis / Transformers Prime -
Hood, Lord Raptor, and Q-Bee appear to be dead for good.A new Darkstalkers game — as in, entirely new, instead of a re-release of past content — hasn't been made since 1997.
Source: Video Game / Darkstalkers - Genre Savvy: After a few ill encounters, Team Magma and Aqua are fully aware of how powerful Ash is, so instead of finding new ways to battle him, they come up with new ways of getting past him, achieving their goal as quickly as possible, and making sure that he can't follow them when they escape.
Source: Fan Fic / Ashes of the Past
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Past and New. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/new/past
New & Past. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/new/past>.
Past or New. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/new/past.
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