not long ago

idiom

: during a recent period of time : recently

I saw an interesting ad not long ago for a new car.

Examples of not long ago in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After years of trading in a relatively predictable price range, the precious metal has already surged past analyst expectations for 2026 and climbed to levels that would have seemed almost impossible not long ago. —Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026

But West Virginia is a proletarian locale that until not long ago was a Democratic stronghold. —Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026

Scanning a room packed with Republicans bracing for a messy scramble to succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene in northwest Georgia, the 14th District GOP chair outlined a prospect that not long ago would have drawn laughs. —Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 3 Feb. 2026

The resulting racial profiling and excessive violence by federal agents became an urgent call to action for a community that, not long ago, drew a line in the sand over race and policing — sparking 2020’s worldwide reckoning. —Eric Roper, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for not long ago

• adagio
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• arapaho
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• manifesto
• medicago
• minangkabau
• oregano
• ostinato
• pistachio
• politico
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