be a thing of the past

From today even that is a thing of the past.

Sleep seemed like a thing of the past, something she used to do but was no longer necessary.

Where else should cars be a thing of the past?

Medical care for women is largely a thing of the past.

But all that was now a thing of the past.

But times were now hard and funding a thing of the past.

"We thought using the police was a thing of the past," he said.

But that too is now a thing of the past.

We hope, however, that it will soon be a thing of the past.

In 2010 that will be a thing of the past.