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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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.
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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
The Milli Vanilli classic is featured in the new Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story show that landed on Netflix not long ago.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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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
The Milli Vanilli classic is featured in the new Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story show that landed on Netflix not long ago.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Not long ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20long%20ago. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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