: of or relating to the past
long-ago leaders
: the distant past
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Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2024
That’s the conclusion of a new study in Scientific Reports, suggesting that the distant world was knocked completely sideways by the long-ago bombardment.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024
Written by Pingree’s office and directed to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, underscored a need—and an opportunity—for American farmers to recapture a piece of the market that long ago fled to offshore sourcing hubs.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 6 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
With its stable atmosphere and lack of electromagnetic interference from civilization, astronomers and physicists can seek faint signals from long-ago, faraway, mysterious parts of the universe—signals that may be hidden from instruments on busier continents.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2024
That’s the conclusion of a new study in Scientific Reports, suggesting that the distant world was knocked completely sideways by the long-ago bombardment.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
Noun
In contrast, Swinton is breathtakingly still, a woman who long ago made peace with death and welcomes it as her last act of self-possession.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024
Written by Pingree’s office and directed to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, underscored a need—and an opportunity—for American farmers to recapture a piece of the market that long ago fled to offshore sourcing hubs.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Long-ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long-ago. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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