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Recent Examples of long ago
Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Not too long ago, this thoroughfare was merely a transit route to other destinations.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Scott Rasmussen, Boston Herald, 6 July 2025
At one point, floating in the community pool, Ruth, her eyes closed, imagines a long-ago day at the beach, indicated by distant sounds of children playing and a fragment of a Coney Island carousel melody.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
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Noun
Not that long ago — at least in my lifetime — marquee stars went out on the road regularly.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Not too long ago, this thoroughfare was merely a transit route to other destinations.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Adjective
Because of that long-ago court ruling, a constitutional amendment would be required to implement those reforms.
—Scott Rasmussen, Boston Herald, 6 July 2025
At one point, floating in the community pool, Ruth, her eyes closed, imagines a long-ago day at the beach, indicated by distant sounds of children playing and a fragment of a Coney Island carousel melody.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for long ago
Noun
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All three were seized by the district attorney’s antiquities trafficking unit earlier this year.—
Graham Bowley,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Meanwhile, the local government lacks the resources to step in; the antiquities authority itself has no financial allocations or operational budget in a country devastated by over a decade of war.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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But those days are long gone, and a time where a host had an eight-figure annual contract to host a daily show in a midtown Manhattan theater with 400 seats and a staff that topped 100 seems like a relic of a bygone era.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
18 July 2025
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Trump still thinks that contending with a genuine authoritarian like Putin — a former KGB lieutenant colonel obsessed with some bygone vision of glorious imperial Russia or — is the same as striking a deal for a building on Park Ave.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
17 July 2025
Noun
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Originally launched as Write-minded in 2018, this is a weekly writing podcast that focuses on memoir and personal writing, as well as industry trends and tips and resources for writers and authors.—
Memoir Nation
July 14,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
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Written and directed by Embeth Davidtz based on Alexandra Fuller’s memoir of her childhood on a family farm in Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) at the end of the Zimbabwean War for independence in 1980.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
13 July 2025
Adjective
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Note: The Austin Critics Table, a now defunct arts journalism group, had agreed in 2019 that actor, director, playwright and journalist Robert Faires, absent from the voting that year, deserved to be inducted into the subsequent Hall of Fame class.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
13 July 2025
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Executives from the now defunct watch brand wondered if the failure of the commercial was also due in part to the watch’s bezel not being properly featured.—
Seth Reiss,
New Yorker,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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Someone else wanted to make a list of every species that had ever gone extinct.—
Clare Sestanovich,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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Paleontologists have spent decades hotly debating why such magnificent beasts went extinct, the emerging picture involving a one-two punch of increasing human influence on the landscape and a warmer interglacial climate that began to change the world’s ecosystems.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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The area, which also includes the Mann Chinese Theater with its famous footprints of departed stars, also has the classic El Capitan theater, owned by Disney.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes,
31 Oct. 2024
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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
Adjective
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Skin irritation or rash from expired ingredients is also possible.—
Alex Vance,
Parents,
10 July 2025
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This minimizes losses from expired or unsold products and lowers risk by maintaining tighter control over merchandise.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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Much of the Fusion’s back half looked as if it’d been sheared off, the muffler, the spare tire, and the fuel door the clearest surviving indications of its past form.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 July 2025
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In the same way, effective project management requires learning from past initiatives and applying those insights to improve forecasting accuracy—a skill that becomes increasingly valuable as projects grow in complexity and stakeholder expectations rise.—
Sarah Edwards,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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“Long ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long%20ago. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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