: of or relating to the past
long-ago leaders
: the distant past
Examples of long-ago in a Sentence
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2024
Jared recalls a long-ago conversation when Vance described his job at NCIS as trying to do good by being a light in the darkness.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
American to the core but reminiscent of long-ago European saints: self-scourging, infected, suffering, yet suffused with an unlikely bliss.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 24 Mar. 2024
Trump is facing 34 felony charges for allegedly falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election, to keep her from accusing Trump of a long-ago affair.
—Michael Cadenhead, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
Browse the museum, hike the trails — the Tower Trail takes you to the site of the long-ago observation tower — then check out the town’s art galleries and murals.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Because of a long-ago false theory about differences in creatinine levels, many lab reports until recently often would list two results - one calculated for non-Black patients and another for Black patients that could overestimate kidney function by as much as 16%.
—CBS News, 1 Apr. 2024
His company is also aging and showing the limits of its long-ago innovations.
—Maria Aspan, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
Cloutier said these beings are integral to the story and leftovers from that long-ago era.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
Well, not too long ago, there was even talk about season three of the beloved series being the last.
—Sari Hitchins, Parents, 20 Apr. 2024
Not too long ago Jacob Giancola, a music producer in Los Angeles, hid all the photos on his Instagram profile.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
The windows and doors had long ago been blown out from the force of nearby blasts.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
Some of the changes reflect a new acceptance of diversity in wealthy competitions, like England’s Premier League, whose reach and fan bases long ago spread beyond domestic borders.
—Tariq Panja, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
That deadline passed long ago in regard to the 2000 album itself.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2024
And Lincoln warned his fellow Americans long ago that a house divided cannot long survive.
—David Baldacci, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
Today’s critics cast DEI as unfairly advantaging unqualified Black workers, but the reality is that companies stopped focusing on closing racial disparities long ago.
—Adia Harvey Wingfield, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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
Jared recalls a long-ago conversation when Vance described his job at NCIS as trying to do good by being a light in the darkness.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
American to the core but reminiscent of long-ago European saints: self-scourging, infected, suffering, yet suffused with an unlikely bliss.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 24 Mar. 2024
Trump is facing 34 felony charges for allegedly falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election, to keep her from accusing Trump of a long-ago affair.
—Michael Cadenhead, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
Browse the museum, hike the trails — the Tower Trail takes you to the site of the long-ago observation tower — then check out the town’s art galleries and murals.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Because of a long-ago false theory about differences in creatinine levels, many lab reports until recently often would list two results - one calculated for non-Black patients and another for Black patients that could overestimate kidney function by as much as 16%.
—CBS News, 1 Apr. 2024
His company is also aging and showing the limits of its long-ago innovations.
—Maria Aspan, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
Cloutier said these beings are integral to the story and leftovers from that long-ago era.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
Noun
Davis, who got the starting nod on Friday over the new addition, is in a situation Bart was in not too long ago, and is part of a group that includes the former Giant as players who are trying to unlock their potential in Pittsburgh.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
Well, not too long ago, there was even talk about season three of the beloved series being the last.
—Sari Hitchins, Parents, 20 Apr. 2024
Not too long ago Jacob Giancola, a music producer in Los Angeles, hid all the photos on his Instagram profile.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
The windows and doors had long ago been blown out from the force of nearby blasts.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
Some of the changes reflect a new acceptance of diversity in wealthy competitions, like England’s Premier League, whose reach and fan bases long ago spread beyond domestic borders.
—Tariq Panja, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
That deadline passed long ago in regard to the 2000 album itself.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2024
And Lincoln warned his fellow Americans long ago that a house divided cannot long survive.
—David Baldacci, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
Today’s critics cast DEI as unfairly advantaging unqualified Black workers, but the reality is that companies stopped focusing on closing racial disparities long ago.
—Adia Harvey Wingfield, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Long-ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long-ago. Accessed 6 May. 2024.
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