long gone
idiom
: having ended, died, disappeared, etc., at a distant time in the past
Those buildings are long gone now.
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But that culture, including the iron works, is long gone.
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Robert Minhinnick, The Dial, 2 Oct. 2025
However, that ball-hawking cornerback appears to be long gone.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Even though the house is long gone, I was allowed to walk through its subterranean lower levels and could vividly imagine families hiding in the storage areas.
—Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
The regime that inked them was, for the most part, long gone, and the subsequent leadership didn’t know what to do with four stylistically different EPs.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
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Robert Minhinnick, The Dial, 2 Oct. 2025
However, that ball-hawking cornerback appears to be long gone.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Even though the house is long gone, I was allowed to walk through its subterranean lower levels and could vividly imagine families hiding in the storage areas.
—Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
The regime that inked them was, for the most part, long gone, and the subsequent leadership didn’t know what to do with four stylistically different EPs.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for long gone
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“Long gone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20gone. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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