: of or relating to the past
long-ago leaders
: the distant past
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Mark Schilling, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
But Garcia’s most revelatory moment came on that long-ago Saturday morning.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2025
There are banners and signs from championships won long ago, like one that heralds the school’s 1926 CIF basketball title.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
But talking with Schrader at a coffee shop in the ANA InterContinental Hotel, the long-ago controversy, which kept the film from being released in Japan for four decades, seemed if not forgotten, forgiven.
—Mark Schilling, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
But Garcia’s most revelatory moment came on that long-ago Saturday morning.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
The entire performance was simply a triumph, and proof that they should have been inducted long ago.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2025
There are banners and signs from championships won long ago, like one that heralds the school’s 1926 CIF basketball title.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Long-ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long-ago. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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