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last 1 year vs past 1 year

Both "last 1 year" and "past 1 year" are commonly used phrases in English to refer to the period of time that has just ended. They are interchangeable in most contexts.

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 2753 views

last 1 year

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to the most recent year that has just ended.

Examples:

In the last 1 year, I have traveled to many countries.
The company's profits have increased in the last 1 year.

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The last 1 1 years, I've been at Thomas Alva Edison High School.
You spent the last 1 0 years working long hours.
I've lived the last 1 4 years with great pride.
This January has been the worst in the last 1 0 years.
I'd like to add here that... he hasn't stepped out of his home in the last 1 2 years.
I've been his Nurse for the last 1 2 years.
In the last 1 4 years... they haven't done a single thing right.
There's no reason that very large comet impacts could not have occurred during the last 1 5,OOO years.
Cosmic impact astronomers like Mark Boslough believe that catastrophic impacts during the last 1 5,OOO years simply never happened.
Every day for the last 1 0 years, Loretta gives me a black coffee.
You've been favouring them for the last 1 00 years.
This is probably the greatest work of genius in the last 1 00 years.
I've spent the last 1 0 years looking after Ben... and I'm so desperate to get out and do something.
To be exact, 70 in the last 1 0 years.
You'd be surprised at the changes we've made in the last 1 00 years.
As reported, Johnny Favorite has not been in the Sarah Dodd Clinic in Poughkeepsie for the last 1 2 years.
There've been quite a few changes on board in the last 1 6 years.
I haven't remembered a day for the last 1 6 years.
Find all apartments under the name Haruka Yoshioka in the last 1 0 years.
Put the tray down, Omar! l heard that you haven't taken a single day off in the last 1 2 years...

Alternatives:

in the past year
over the past year
during the last year
over the last year
in the previous year

past 1 year

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to the time period that has just ended, similar to "last 1 year".

Examples:

Over the past 1 year, I have learned a lot.
The project was completed in the past 1 year.

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But the fact is that the past 1 4 years have passed for him...
This is what I've been playing football for, for the past 1 0 years.
His creat¡ons have been at the heart of b¡o-terror ¡n the past 1 5 years.
Well, that human has given me love and affection for the past 1 5 years whereas my own kind try to strangle me after 1 5 seconds.
Over the past 10 years: 1.
Today I found out that my daughter, who I loved, was sent back into the past and died 1 50 years ago.
Past due > 180 days <= 1 year
But it's already past 1 1:30.
I should hope so, Detective. It's past 1:00 in the afternoon.
She clocked out of work at 5 past 1:00.
She clocked out of work at 5 past 1:00.
Jennifer, for the past 1 4 months, I've been watching you.
It's past 1:00, and there's a whole ward that hasn't had its lunch yet.
It's half past 1 in the afternoon, and I frankly can't see us getting this done in a week.
They spoke for 20 minutes, well past 1:08 p.m.
It's past 1:00 a.m. I didn't know where you were.
Ten minutes past 1:00, every night, bang on the dot, without fail, the burglar alarm goes off.
No problem, but just, next time, you might want to call... if you'll be in past 1:00.
All you have to keep in mind is 1 year of seeing nothing, 1 year of hearing nothing, 1 year of saying nothing.
I sent 2nd-most out of everybody, so I got the maximum, for my category, which was 1 year in prison and 1 year supervised release.

Alternatives:

in the last year
over the last year
during the last year
in the previous year
in the preceding year

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