not so long ago

idiom

: a short time ago
Not so long ago, she was the nation's best gymnast.

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There was a time, not so long ago, when Manchester City, Chelsea and Newcastle also had players in that position who had a supportive constituency eager to press their claims as the best in the league. Rory Smith, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025 Sign up for Tech Policy Brady Dale 23 hours ago - Business The biggest blockchain news this year, reviewed Bitcoin more than doubled this year to top $100,000, and that's because so much other crazy news happened in a sector that was declared a dead dream not so long ago. Brady Dale, Axios, 30 Dec. 2024 When he was discussed not so long ago as a potential England manager, the point was made how many of their current squad owe their career to their development under Pochettino: Luke Shaw (Southampton), Harry Kane, Kyle Walker, Kieran Trippier (Tottenham), Conor Gallagher and Cole Palmer (Chelsea). Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024 This was an image and sound that seemed a long way off not so long ago. Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for not so long ago 

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