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a long time ago

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: far in the past : not at all recently
It happened a long time ago.

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Moore’s law died a long time ago. Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 21 Nov. 2025 And this information should have come out a long time ago! Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025 The better story won a long time ago and froze into a myth with present-day repercussions. Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025 The other cabins were torn down a long time ago. Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for a long time ago

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“A long time ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20long%20time%20ago. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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