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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That, of course, is NATO’s job, and Biden’s forceful reaction to Putin’s aggression has restored the credibility of an alliance that French President Emmanuel Macron not long ago dismissed as brain dead.
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Radek Sikorski, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
When asked not long ago about prospects for a fifth Superman installment, Reeve looked down at his torso and laughed.
—People Staff, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
There was a time — not long ago — when there was near-universal agreement, if not about what should be in school libraries, then at least about what shouldn’t be there.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
Work to resurrect Rockingham Speedway — a vaunted venue that not long ago was bloodied and bruised, foregone and forgotten.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2024
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Radek Sikorski, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
When asked not long ago about prospects for a fifth Superman installment, Reeve looked down at his torso and laughed.
—People Staff, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
There was a time — not long ago — when there was near-universal agreement, if not about what should be in school libraries, then at least about what shouldn’t be there.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
Work to resurrect Rockingham Speedway — a vaunted venue that not long ago was bloodied and bruised, foregone and forgotten.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2024
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