: of or relating to the past
long-ago leaders
: the distant past
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Keiji Horikawa, The Conversation, 22 Dec. 2025
Her search leads her across the country and back to the long-ago summer that shaped the lives of the teenagers in the painting, revealing how art, friendship, and unlikely hope can change everything.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025
Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2026
Use Vinegar to Multi-Task Vinegar established itself as a household essential long ago.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
The long-ago loss of ice and upward motions in West Antarctica also triggered massive rock avalanches and landslides in fractured, damaged rock, forming glacial valley walls and coastal cliffs.
—Keiji Horikawa, The Conversation, 22 Dec. 2025
Her search leads her across the country and back to the long-ago summer that shaped the lives of the teenagers in the painting, revealing how art, friendship, and unlikely hope can change everything.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025
Noun
Chiefs star Travis Kelce long ago established himself as one of the greatest tight ends in NFL history.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2026
Use Vinegar to Multi-Task Vinegar established itself as a household essential long ago.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2026
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“Long-ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long-ago. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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