not long ago

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: during a recent period of time : recently

I saw an interesting ad not long ago for a new car.

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But not long ago, some Republicans have resisted Democratic administrations' attempts to prioritize certain immigrants over others for deportation. —

Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024 The company reported a 6% increase in sales volume, which was fairly modest for an automaker that not long ago was reporting 50% annual growth in vehicles sold. —

Chris Isidore, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024 Most of the 400,000 people who've fled into Syria since September have been people who not long ago had fled from Syria into Lebanon. —

The Week Uk, theweek, 20 Oct. 2024 They’re now excluded by price from large swaths of their home cities and suburbs that not long ago were within their financial grasp. —

Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for not long ago

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