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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Overnight, Ueno customers could no longer withdraw cash, access their savings or use their cards to buy anything. — Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026 Frozen accounts, rising anger When regulators seized the bank, Ueno customers could no longer withdraw cash, access their savings or use their cards to buy anything. — Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026 At the same time, as the extreme heat and wildfires this year showed us, climate disasters are taking lives and inflicting economic losses on a scale that governments can no longer afford to ignore. — Laurence Tubiana, Time, 6 Nov. 2026 California has gotten so bad, and so business unfriendly, that some engine manufacturers no longer allow engines into the state, and have voided their warranty for existing engines. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 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 10 Nov. 2026.

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