How to Use not long ago in a Sentence

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• Canales had such a milestone not long ago.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2026
• We’re told a golfer died of heatstroke not long ago.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2026
• This was April of this year, so not long ago at all.
  — Andrew McGowan, Variety, 15 Dec. 2025
• There was a time not long ago when that was the whole point of building these things.
  — Vijith Assar, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2022
• Until not long ago, it was thought of as clothes for poor people.
  — Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• What a change that would be for a team that was struggling to find two starters not long ago.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
• There was a time not long ago when Jones and Parsons were close.
  — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
• There was a time not long ago when boats coming out of Venezuela were beloved, not bombed.
  — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
• That’s miles away from the dark predictions issued not long ago.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 5 June 2023
• One evening not long ago, the neon sign at the Hotel Clark clicked on.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
• Then one day, not long ago, the musician reappeared.
  — Todd Longwell, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025
• Protein bars have come a long way from the chalky monstrosities that lined shelves not long ago.
  — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2026
• His wife suggested not long ago that they should get rid of them, maybe sell them on eBay.
  — Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
• Smith went back to Paradise not long ago to see what condition the town was in.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
• The only real surprise here is that cities did not long ago jump to do something like this.
  — Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
• One even got very emotional about it, having lost their dad to the disease not long ago.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2024
• And not long ago, that big, immovable paperweight was ready to lift off.
  — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2023
• Here, you’re reminded of how the city’s story shattered not long ago.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2023
• Missing three starters forced them to promote three players who were part of their second unit not long ago.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Jan. 2024
• Silver patches poke through deep chestnut hair that, not long ago, bobbed in a ponytail on her long runs.
  — Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
• One morning not long ago, Wang came across a bag full of fish abandoned by the side of the water.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 19 July 2023
• There was a time, not long ago, when men who lifted weights for fun were seen as either thugs or narcissists.
  — Danielle Friedman, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
• The Bears can learn from the experience of seeking a coach not long ago.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
• There was a time not long ago when, for most around the world, tearing up the dance floor was but a distant memory.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2022
• Yet, not long ago, much of the investment community walked away from it.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2024
• Aside from a few exclusions, everything in the store was 75% off not long ago.
  — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2024
• The land that is today Sterling Ranch was a working ranch on the prairie not long ago.
  — Olivia Young, CBS News, 13 July 2026
• The good news for the Globes is that the award show, on life support not long ago, has managed to stop the bleeding.
  — John Koblin, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
• There was a time, not long ago, when a rhetorical slip could sink a presidential campaign.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
• As the cut earns what may be its last turn on the list, Lisa matches a feat one of her own bandmates managed not long ago.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025