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Recent Examples of long ago
Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Half of the village’s houses are deserted, their inhabitants having migrated long ago to the United States.
—Aakash Hassan, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Feb. 2025
Ryley Graham, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
For us, these words were more than about remembering some long-ago dinner between Jesus and his disciples.
—Terrance Carroll, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
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Noun
To Compete With China | Opinion Imagine if long ago Congress approved a lemonade stand with five workers.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Half of the village’s houses are deserted, their inhabitants having migrated long ago to the United States.
—Aakash Hassan, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
From creative hunting tactics to cheeky defense mechanisms, these snake species substantiate the famed qualities chronicled in the Jade Emperor’s long-ago competition.
—Ryley Graham, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
For us, these words were more than about remembering some long-ago dinner between Jesus and his disciples.
—Terrance Carroll, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for long ago
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First unveiled in January, the new typeface is inspired by antiquities that would have held the semi-mythical mithridate remedy created by Mithridates VI Eupator of Pontus in the 1st century BC.—
Gemma A. Williams,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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But the United States is still a young country, and a longer, more global view yields fascinating parallels to our moment that date back to antiquity.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Cougars basketball had mostly been forgotten, a relic from the past leaning on the bygone eras of Phi Slama Jama and Elvin Hayes.—
CJ Moore,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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The Reds and Arizona Diamondbacks both relaxed their restrictions in 1999, and such policies were mostly relics of a bygone era.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Hoppus announced the memoir in September and teased it in an infomercial-style video.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
20 Feb. 2025
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The memoir offers Witt’s life as a lens into America from 2016 to 2020.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Separately, there's good news for those who had crypto at the now defunct FTX crypto exchange.—
Medora Lee,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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But in 2021, Wilks got a call from a friend who said that Mike Tyson wanted to talk about reviving his defunct cannabis company which had gone bust a few years earlier.—
Will Yakowicz,
Forbes,
16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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There, those who live along the border, which is reinforced by not one but three walls, are pushed, after a food crisis, to reanimate and eat extinct species—a process later appropriated by the superrich, for more voyeuristic amusements.—
David L. Ulin,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2025
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This lineage once ruled the food chain in the time after dinosaurs went extinct, preying on primates, early hippos, early elephants and hyraxes, but were later wiped out themselves.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But with Harden, Norman Powell and Ivica Zubac taking the majority of the shots instead of the departed Paul George and a rehabilitating Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers score 45.9 percent of their points in the paint (fifth in NBA).—
Law Murray,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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These spirits not only provide a thoughtful toast to the departed but also serve as a reminder of Mexico’s deep traditions and reverence for the past.—
Rachel King,
Forbes,
1 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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After being pulled over for an expired license plate, McCoy shot the pair with a pistol.—
Alexandra Koch,
Fox News,
26 Feb. 2025
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Unlawful display of registration tab: At 5 p.m., deputies stopped a motorist at Lawrence Expressway and Prospect Road for expired registration.—
Anne Gelhaus,
The Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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However, much of the material, including Epstein’s infamous contacts book, had already been made public through past litigation and discovery files.—
Kaelan Deese,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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In court filings, defense lawyer Andrew Hemmer wrote in November 2023 that Matthew Huttle was a journeyman carpenter, whose 20-year struggle with alcoholism fueled many of his past crimes, which included a battery case, multiple DUI busts, and driving as a habitual traffic offender.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Long ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long%20ago. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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