long gone
idiom
: having ended, died, disappeared, etc., at a distant time in the past
Those buildings are long gone now.
Examples of long gone in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Jiménez is long gone, and so is every other uniformed person on that Sox team that had high hopes and a precipitous decline.
—
Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Those days are long gone, and CEOs are starting to expect more, ZipRecruiter’s career strategist, Sam DeMase told Fortune.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
This time the crunch came because spending fueled by the post-pandemic economic recovery was not sustainable when revenue plummeted just a few years later — but the state budget has long gone through similar boom-and-bust cycles.
—Lanhee J. Chen, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
By the 1970s, the glamour days were long gone.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for long gone
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Those days are long gone, and CEOs are starting to expect more, ZipRecruiter’s career strategist, Sam DeMase told Fortune.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
This time the crunch came because spending fueled by the post-pandemic economic recovery was not sustainable when revenue plummeted just a few years later — but the state budget has long gone through similar boom-and-bust cycles.
—Lanhee J. Chen, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
By the 1970s, the glamour days were long gone.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for long gone
Cite this Entry
“Long gone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20gone. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
