not long ago

phrase

: during a recent period of time : recently
I saw an interesting ad not long ago for a new car.

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But by the end of the week, Wall Street was reminded that there’s still juice left in an industry that, not long ago, was viewed as driving innovation and was trading at hefty market multiples. Jordan Novet, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026 But that opened up not long ago, and this filmmaker has followed. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2026 Now the area was ablaze; Aragüés found out not long ago that, sadly, the memorial had burned. M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026 The skills that felt like a safe bet not long ago, the ones Abrahami and I and plenty of others once counted on, have become the price of entry. Alli Kushner, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for not long ago

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“Not long ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20long%20ago. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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