: of or relating to the past
long-ago leaders
: the distant past
Examples of long-ago in a Sentence
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2024
Jared recalls a long-ago conversation when Vance described his job at NCIS as trying to do good by being a light in the darkness.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
American to the core but reminiscent of long-ago European saints: self-scourging, infected, suffering, yet suffused with an unlikely bliss.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 24 Mar. 2024
Trump is facing 34 felony charges for allegedly falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election, to keep her from accusing Trump of a long-ago affair.
—Michael Cadenhead, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
Browse the museum, hike the trails — the Tower Trail takes you to the site of the long-ago observation tower — then check out the town’s art galleries and murals.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Because of a long-ago false theory about differences in creatinine levels, many lab reports until recently often would list two results - one calculated for non-Black patients and another for Black patients that could overestimate kidney function by as much as 16%.
—CBS News, 1 Apr. 2024
His company is also aging and showing the limits of its long-ago innovations.
—Maria Aspan, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
Cloutier said these beings are integral to the story and leftovers from that long-ago era.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
David Baldacci, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
Today’s critics cast DEI as unfairly advantaging unqualified Black workers, but the reality is that companies stopped focusing on closing racial disparities long ago.
—Adia Harvey Wingfield, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2024
Gouges from thousands of meteorite impacts mark the moon, which scientists believe was nearly shattered by a giant impact long ago.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
The United States has sent tens of thousands of weapons to the country since the Oct. 7 killings by Hamas attackers, but many were approved by Congress and the State Department long ago and funded with money mandated by the Obama-era agreement, known as a memorandum of understanding.
—Edward Wong, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Nearly all national and regional restaurant chains long ago stopped using polystyrene in response to lobbying from environmental groups and backlash from customers concerned that foam isn’t biodegradable.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
There was a time not too long ago when the California legislation, introduced on Monday, April 1, might have been easily mistaken for an April Fool’s joke.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
Some aspects of the preparations are predictable: State officials told towns and counties long ago to order portable toilets before stocks ran out, DeCerce said.
—Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
Though the play is grounded in events that happened long ago, the script has become more imaginatively and audaciously theatrical.
—Christine Dolen, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
Adjective
In each show, we’re plunged into a louche, long-ago decade, in which drug-fuelled, antic musicians make art as though the world were ending.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2024
Jared recalls a long-ago conversation when Vance described his job at NCIS as trying to do good by being a light in the darkness.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
American to the core but reminiscent of long-ago European saints: self-scourging, infected, suffering, yet suffused with an unlikely bliss.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 24 Mar. 2024
Trump is facing 34 felony charges for allegedly falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election, to keep her from accusing Trump of a long-ago affair.
—Michael Cadenhead, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
Browse the museum, hike the trails — the Tower Trail takes you to the site of the long-ago observation tower — then check out the town’s art galleries and murals.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Because of a long-ago false theory about differences in creatinine levels, many lab reports until recently often would list two results - one calculated for non-Black patients and another for Black patients that could overestimate kidney function by as much as 16%.
—CBS News, 1 Apr. 2024
His company is also aging and showing the limits of its long-ago innovations.
—Maria Aspan, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
Cloutier said these beings are integral to the story and leftovers from that long-ago era.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
Noun
And Lincoln warned his fellow Americans long ago that a house divided cannot long survive.
—David Baldacci, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
Today’s critics cast DEI as unfairly advantaging unqualified Black workers, but the reality is that companies stopped focusing on closing racial disparities long ago.
—Adia Harvey Wingfield, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2024
Gouges from thousands of meteorite impacts mark the moon, which scientists believe was nearly shattered by a giant impact long ago.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
The United States has sent tens of thousands of weapons to the country since the Oct. 7 killings by Hamas attackers, but many were approved by Congress and the State Department long ago and funded with money mandated by the Obama-era agreement, known as a memorandum of understanding.
—Edward Wong, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Nearly all national and regional restaurant chains long ago stopped using polystyrene in response to lobbying from environmental groups and backlash from customers concerned that foam isn’t biodegradable.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
There was a time not too long ago when the California legislation, introduced on Monday, April 1, might have been easily mistaken for an April Fool’s joke.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
Some aspects of the preparations are predictable: State officials told towns and counties long ago to order portable toilets before stocks ran out, DeCerce said.
—Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
Though the play is grounded in events that happened long ago, the script has become more imaginatively and audaciously theatrical.
—Christine Dolen, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Long-ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long-ago. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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