How to Use any longer in a Sentence

any longer

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  • Old chairs that may not be suitable for sitting in any longer still have their purpose.
    Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 29 June 2026
  • Many detainees with valid or pending legal claims simply couldn’t stand to be held there any longer.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • There aren’t really too many lopsided matches in terms of odds any longer.
    David Troy, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
  • However, two days into the wait, Anna couldn't take it any longer.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • This has led to significant attrition and burn out rates, which the nation simply cannot afford any longer.
    Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • It could be argued baseball isn't America's pastime any longer, yet there's something poetic and haunting in this beautiful film that explores the sport as well as ghosts of our past.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Waiting any longer would result in Bisiwu walking for nothing in the near future, and Barça are also managing to land Karim Adeyemi using this approach.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

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