: of or relating to the past
long-ago leaders
: the distant past
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025
Start with the Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, which thrust her fraught, long-ago relationship with Dylan (played by Timothée Chalamet) back into the spotlight.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
However, these misfortunes circle back to ideas that the movie had long ago brushed past already.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 17 June 2025
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Adjective
But Flynt was the subject of plenty of mass media law classes at universities nationwide, including a long-ago Florida International University graduate level journalism class.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025
Start with the Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, which thrust her fraught, long-ago relationship with Dylan (played by Timothée Chalamet) back into the spotlight.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
Noun
Despite some optimism before spring training that Ohtani could resume pitching in April or May, the team had been slow-playing his pitching program ever since the start of the regular season, long ago targeting some time after the All-Star break to add him into their rotation.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
However, these misfortunes circle back to ideas that the movie had long ago brushed past already.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 17 June 2025
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“Long-ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long-ago. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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