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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Luckily, the days of lighting matches are long gone for Souza’s experts.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 July 2025
Maisonette classics such as calf's liver saute, capon Kiev and veal with Champagne are long gone.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
For example, though slavery and Jim Crow-era laws are long gone, their legacies persist in the data: Black families today make, in terms of median household income, 65% of that of white households.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The employees are all long gone, perhaps eaten, and the mutants now roam freely.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 30 June 2025
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 July 2025
Maisonette classics such as calf's liver saute, capon Kiev and veal with Champagne are long gone.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
For example, though slavery and Jim Crow-era laws are long gone, their legacies persist in the data: Black families today make, in terms of median household income, 65% of that of white households.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The employees are all long gone, perhaps eaten, and the mutants now roam freely.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 30 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for long gone
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“Long gone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20gone. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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