no longer
idiom
—used to say that something that was once true or possible is not now true or possible
I can no longer afford the car.
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Once on the other side of the security checkpoint, there will no longer be the need to get on the tram from landside to airside.
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John Shumway, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
In March 1963, Pym’s longtime publisher, Jonathan Cape, summarily rejected not just her latest manuscript, An Unsuitable Attachment, but all her work as no longer publishable.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
As humankind switched to the internet, printing no longer defines the protocols humans live by.
—Big Think, 16 Nov. 2025
He has also been mostly played out of position at the four spot, despite no longer having a jumper and lacking the quickness necessary for the role.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
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John Shumway, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
In March 1963, Pym’s longtime publisher, Jonathan Cape, summarily rejected not just her latest manuscript, An Unsuitable Attachment, but all her work as no longer publishable.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
As humankind switched to the internet, printing no longer defines the protocols humans live by.
—Big Think, 16 Nov. 2025
He has also been mostly played out of position at the four spot, despite no longer having a jumper and lacking the quickness necessary for the role.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for no longer
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“No longer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20longer. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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