not long ago

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: 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 The Milli Vanilli classic is featured in the new Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story show that landed on Netflix not long ago. —

Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 One afternoon not long ago, Baraka called some prospective entrepreneurs into City Hall for a meeting. —

Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024 Now, for the first time, Modi sits atop a coalition government, and India’s path forward appears far less certain, and far more interesting, than seemed plausible not long ago. —

Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2024 Hydrogen power, not long ago considered a sci-fi pipe dream, is climbing closer to reality. —

Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 11 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for not long ago

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