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Recent Examples of ago
Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
Today the name of David Adjaye, the fifty-nine-year-old Ghanaian British architect who less than three years ago was at the pinnacle of his career, has been erased with record speed.
—Martin Filler, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Routes to Latin America saw declines of 27,000 TEUs to 115,000 TEUs from the year-ago period.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Mar. 2026
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Adverb
Chernobyl, once a popular tourist destination, has been closed to most visitors since Russian troops, crossing into Ukraine from Belarus, briefly occupied the plant four years ago.
—Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
Today the name of David Adjaye, the fifty-nine-year-old Ghanaian British architect who less than three years ago was at the pinnacle of his career, has been erased with record speed.
—Martin Filler, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
Deliveries are up 9% versus the year-ago stretch, and while Nielsen’s upgraded ratings methodology is responsible for some of those gains, the fact that CBS and the TNT sports nets have met their March Madness guarantees is the only thing that really matters to their advertisers.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Routes to Latin America saw declines of 27,000 TEUs to 115,000 TEUs from the year-ago period.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ago
Adverb
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One Secret Service agent was injured by gunfire in the attack, but has since been released from a hospital.—
Kelsie Hoffman,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Producer Lindsay Doran has pretty much been chasing it ever since and finally got the film version made.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The Panel brings together farmers, policymakers, and civil society to advance practical reforms and shape international policy building on the momentum of past initiatives such as the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change.—
Carlos Alvarado Quesada,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
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In years past, heavyweights like Copenhagen’s AOC, Koks from the Faroe Islands, Reykjavík’s Dill, and Portugal’s Vistas Rui Silvestre have all danced through its doors.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Quantum technologies have made those challenges and others symbols of a bygone era.—
David Awschalom,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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The recipe comes from a bygone department store called Miller & Rhoads.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ago. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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