The phrase "a string of past" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward or unclear.
It could be used in contexts discussing a series of past events or experiences, but it would require additional context for clarity.
Example: "Her life was like a string of past mistakes that she had to learn from."
Alternatives: "a series of past" or "a chain of past".
A string of past "links" – low journalese for guilt by association – with alleged Muslim extremists were successively reported in Tory-leaning papers, led by the Sunday Times.
It has helped bring fame and glory to a string of past winners including JK Rowling, Patrick Ness, Michael Morpurgo, Andy Stanton, Malorie Blackman and Anthony Horowitz.
The winner of the Nobel prize in literature traditionally gives a lecture in Stockholm before accepting the award, but Munro joins a string of past winners unable to attend for health reasons.
A few weeks ago, a month after collecting his Oscar, he received the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the richest ($765,000) international prize for children's literature, adding to a string of past honors that include the Hugo and the World Fantasy awards.
Furthermore, the PST is capable of predicting the channel availability conditioned on a string of past channel observations which are of variable length.
This company has genuine problems, like way too much debt from a string of past acquisitions and lots of deferred maintenance on stores.
The bank's outgoing chairman was referring to the fact that decent growth in operating profits was wiped out by a string of charges for past misdeeds.
fd5d4be3-dc94-4788-9f53-41829fa21a82 Gov. Rick Perry of Texas has been pummeled for a string of gaffes in the past few weeks.
But the Shabab have suffered a string of setbacks in the past few months.
AFTER a string of scandals in the past 12 months, Europe's politicians as a breed look rather grubby.
Yet a string of attacks in the past year have forced the government to investigate his movement.
