any longer

idiom

usually used in negative statements to say that something that was once true or possible is not now true or possible
We can't ignore these problems any longer.
I can't afford the car any longer.

Examples of any longer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web On Tuesday, the full court declined to suspend the 5th Circuit's order any longer. Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024 The dogs who are forced to spend their lives on the end of a chain and run until their bodies break down can't wait any longer. Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2024 Eventually, Berkoff couldn’t stand it any longer and, in a fury hightailed it to LAX in a rental car that bore the dents of his anger, leaving the production without a Goldberg. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024 The words ‘long’ and ‘term’ don’t really go together in sports any longer. Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 8 Mar. 2024 To my friends across the aisle, don’t keep families waiting any longer. USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024 But there’s no need to speculate any longer — not since this weekend, when Trump and Kennedy both associated themselves with policies that would bring vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio back to the United States. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024 The changes would ensure family members of victims don’t have to wait any longer than already necessary to see justice served, Kobach said. Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2024 That doesn’t take any longer than a couple of minutes. Lauren Goode, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024

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“Any longer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/any%20longer. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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