long since
adverb
1
: long ago
promises long since forgotten
2
: for a long time
has long since been a devoted friend
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Once symbols of naval might with their massive guns, battleships have long since been eclipsed by aircraft carriers and modern destroyers armed with long-range missiles.
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
The Broncos, even at 11 straight wins, sometimes referred to a lack of respect or expectation nationally, nearly all of which had long since dissipated as wins stacked up.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
But by the time ShotSpotter has detected gunshots on a college campus, or Campus Guardian Angel has been activated in the hallways of a high school, the window for preventing the shooting has long since passed.
—Emily Greene-Colozzi, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
The overall uncanny nature of a second Kowloon Walled City becomes an overbearing symbol of its characters desire to return to a past that’s been long since obliterated.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
The Broncos, even at 11 straight wins, sometimes referred to a lack of respect or expectation nationally, nearly all of which had long since dissipated as wins stacked up.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
But by the time ShotSpotter has detected gunshots on a college campus, or Campus Guardian Angel has been activated in the hallways of a high school, the window for preventing the shooting has long since passed.
—Emily Greene-Colozzi, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
The overall uncanny nature of a second Kowloon Walled City becomes an overbearing symbol of its characters desire to return to a past that’s been long since obliterated.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Long since.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20since. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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