long gone
idiom
: having ended, died, disappeared, etc., at a distant time in the past
Those buildings are long gone now.
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Those days seem long gone for some residents who have watched the town change over decades.
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Makiya Seminera, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
The time of me questioning and overthinking everything to death is long gone.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 18 Dec. 2025
But 70 years later, that building is long gone.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Dec. 2025
Musk, now the world’s richest person, is long gone, having created rival startup xAI.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
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Makiya Seminera, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
The time of me questioning and overthinking everything to death is long gone.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 18 Dec. 2025
But 70 years later, that building is long gone.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Dec. 2025
Musk, now the world’s richest person, is long gone, having created rival startup xAI.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Long gone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20gone. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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