: of or relating to the past
long-ago leaders
: the distant past
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Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
For those who haven’t heard the story (or who only vaguely recall it from a long-ago history class), Harpers Ferry played a pivotal role in sparking the American Civil War.
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Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2026
Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
Retrying Hernandez could be difficult because of how long ago the crime occurred and because some of the witnesses who testified at his trial have died, prosecutors wrote in their Supreme Court appeal.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
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Adjective
The Semiquincentennial Commission was conjured into being by Congress back in 2016, during that long-ago summer when the Democratic Party was convening in Philadelphia and the succession of one form of representational liberalism to another seemed pretty well secure.
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Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
For those who haven’t heard the story (or who only vaguely recall it from a long-ago history class), Harpers Ferry played a pivotal role in sparking the American Civil War.
—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2026
Noun
The tractor rumbled onward, into the sun, hammering over a divot where a tree had been cut long ago, its stump hauled away.
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Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
Retrying Hernandez could be difficult because of how long ago the crime occurred and because some of the witnesses who testified at his trial have died, prosecutors wrote in their Supreme Court appeal.
—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
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“Long-ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long-ago. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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