no longer

phrase

—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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Sometimes confidence comes from realizing the old boundaries no longer match the size of your curiosity. — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026 Once considered the top prospect in baseball, Alvarez is no longer a rising star. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 Sep. 2026 Yet Hubble is no longer a telescope that can simply be repaired whenever something breaks. — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026 The sport could no longer pretend that fatalities were random acts of God rather than the predictable output of a system not designed carefully enough. — Jessica Vitiritti, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 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 2 Oct. 2026.

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