: of or relating to the past
long-ago leaders
: the distant past
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
Set entirely in Linda’s Manhattan apartment, the film freely and imaginatively recreates that long-ago afternoon and the wonderfully discursive exchange between these two singular individuals.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
Tim Botos, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
But not that long ago Molina was a central figure in a special education case that needlessly cost the district hundreds of thousands of dollars and put one family through misery for nearly three years.
—Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
The central point of Brooke’s book is the long-ago suicide death of the Wyeths’ eldest son, Henry, who was involved with a radical and violent anti-war group before his death.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
Set entirely in Linda’s Manhattan apartment, the film freely and imaginatively recreates that long-ago afternoon and the wonderfully discursive exchange between these two singular individuals.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
Trish had long ago decided this, for so many reasons.
—Tim Botos, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
But not that long ago Molina was a central figure in a special education case that needlessly cost the district hundreds of thousands of dollars and put one family through misery for nearly three years.
—Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Long-ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long-ago. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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