long-ago

1 of 2

adjective

: of or relating to the past
long-ago leaders

long ago

2 of 2

noun

: the distant past

Examples of long-ago in a Sentence

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Adjective
Doing so explains how the dragon established the pact with a long-ago king (Matt Slack) that has called for so many royal sacrifices. Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Mar. 2024 This book holds a special place in my heart as my long-ago intro to the genre. Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024 That charmed moment in the spring of 1959 was brief: Of the seven musicians present on that long-ago afternoon, only Miles Davis and Jimmy Cobb would live past their early 50s. James Kaplan, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2024 At a Michigan orchard, a woman tells her three daughters about a long-ago romance. The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024 American to the core but reminiscent of long-ago European saints: self-scourging, infected, suffering, yet suffused with an unlikely bliss. Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024 At a Michigan orchard, a woman tells her three daughters about a long-ago romance. … Hardcover nonfiction 1. The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024 Even long-ago presidents can move up or down such polls depending on the changing cultural mores of the times the surveys are conducted. Peter Baker, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024 My long-ago ancestors may very well have enjoyed the fruit. Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
Noun
Photo Credit: Christian Lanza Presence – Southern California recording artist Presence, also known as Jonathon Martinez, started his music journey long ago, a hip-hop fan on the cusp of his teen years. Spin Contributor, SPIN, 11 Mar. 2024 That in turn releases nutrients that those dead plants themselves had absorbed long ago. Matt Simon, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024 What's interesting, says Lowenstein, is that long ago movies in general were considered an art form not worth taking seriously. Brianna Scott, NPR, 1 Mar. 2024 It was confirmed long ago that schools will be closed on April 8 in the city, which will stage the Roc the Eclipse festival at the Rochester Museum & Science Center. Jamie Carter, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 Squeezing in the more than 100 additional components necessary to have a modern-style wristwatch strike with pinpoint accuracy and rich, clear peals — each watch sounds subtly different — is considered the height of horological craft, and most companies abandoned such complex models long ago. Nancy Hass, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024 Both Discover – which was long ago the Sears Card – and Capital One started off as credit card companies that expanded into other financial offerings like checking and savings accounts. Ken Sweet, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2024 Scott Campbell, a frequent council meeting attendee and the leader of the Encinitas Citizens Review Panel, told the council Wednesday that this was a sign that the city should have done something about the Lake Drive situation long ago. Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2024 Its black hole would have stopped growing long ago, Wolf writes in the Conversation. Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1603, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1838, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of long-ago was in 1603

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“Long-ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long-ago. Accessed 15 Mar. 2024.

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