any longer
idiom
—usually used in negative statements to say that something that was once true or possible is not now true or possible
We can't ignore these problems any longer.
I can't afford the car any longer.
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Unable to take his coldness any longer, Jess asks him plainly what’s happening.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 11 July 2025
But that answer doesn't always work any longer, at least not on its own.
—Jason Bahnak, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Gun violence is expensive, and taxpayers of Illinois won’t foot the bill any longer for it.
—Anthony Douglas, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
But there was no point in waiting any longer to secure Banchero’s future in Orlando.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2025
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 11 July 2025
But that answer doesn't always work any longer, at least not on its own.
—Jason Bahnak, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Gun violence is expensive, and taxpayers of Illinois won’t foot the bill any longer for it.
—Anthony Douglas, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
But there was no point in waiting any longer to secure Banchero’s future in Orlando.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2025
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“Any longer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/any%20longer. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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