: of or relating to the past
long-ago leaders
: the distant past
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Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 2 May 2024
In each show, we’re plunged into a louche, long-ago decade, in which drug-fuelled, antic musicians make art as though the world were ending.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2024
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His re-election fight against former President Donald J. Trump — his 13th bid for federal office, all told — is shaping up to be the opposite of those long-ago Senate campaigns: travel-intensive, nasty and close.
—Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 2 May 2024
In each show, we’re plunged into a louche, long-ago decade, in which drug-fuelled, antic musicians make art as though the world were ending.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Long-ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long-ago. Accessed 13 May. 2024.
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