not any longer
idiom
—used to say that something that was once true or possible is not now true or possible
I can't afford the car any longer.
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Such proposals might once have seemed far-fetched; not any longer.
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Georgia Levenson Keohane, Foreign Affairs, 5 June 2016
Luis Estrada — a top political adviser to state and local leaders who spent 22 years behind bars for his role in robberies before beating drug and alcohol addictions — told the Globe that McClaren used to work for him, but not any longer.
—Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
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Georgia Levenson Keohane, Foreign Affairs, 5 June 2016
Luis Estrada — a top political adviser to state and local leaders who spent 22 years behind bars for his role in robberies before beating drug and alcohol addictions — told the Globe that McClaren used to work for him, but not any longer.
—Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
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“Not any longer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20any%20longer. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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