ago 1 of 2

as in since
earlier than the present time he left here long ago

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adjective

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Excluding the year-ago gain, operating income rose 3 percent. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025 The iPad Air runs Apple’s two-generations-ago M3. PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Around seven thousand years ago, indigenous peoples embarked on a northern migratory path from South America to Trinidad, then still a part of mainland South America. Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025 Then, four months ago, her cousin asked the OP for her email and sent her a wedding invitation. Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ago
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Adverb
  • Those statements have since been taken down.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Mae has since taken to Reddit, posting under the handle u/Any_Possibility_8582, to share her DNA journey.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Many of the marble mausoleums on this 14-acre spot are held by Argentina’s elite, some famous, others infamous—think past presidents, Nobel Prize winners, and military commanders.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • What separates throning from past discussions about dating up, Chan says, is the social media element.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Like their forebears in a bygone era of Republican politics, their beliefs are defined by faith in free markets and suspicion of government meddling in society.
    David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
  • As Coppola’s documentary is set to introduce Jacobs’s Vuitton years to a new generation and as demand on resale platforms continues to surge, collectors like Pyes are helping preserve the magic of a bygone era.
    Erin Cunningham, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ago. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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