: of or relating to the past
long-ago leaders
: the distant past
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
All together, this combination of costumes and period dance — with waltz music by Johann Strauss I — created a vision of a long-ago time in Europe or America, when balls and village dances provided a key way for people to socialize.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
Rachel Barr, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
Thor is the God of Thunder, a mountain of a man who has weathered many a battle in his time, but whose actions in a war fought long ago now haunt his waking hours.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
Many residents cherish the old brick-and-wood mills as a visual centerpiece of Rockville as well as a reminder of that area’s long-ago moniker of Loom City.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
All together, this combination of costumes and period dance — with waltz music by Johann Strauss I — created a vision of a long-ago time in Europe or America, when balls and village dances provided a key way for people to socialize.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
Epstein dismantled it long ago in The Sports Gene, and the empirical disproofs have been mounting ever since.
—Rachel Barr, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
Thor is the God of Thunder, a mountain of a man who has weathered many a battle in his time, but whose actions in a war fought long ago now haunt his waking hours.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Long-ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long-ago. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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