ago 1 of 2

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

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ago

2 of 2

adjective

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ago
Adverb
  • The posts have since been removed, and federal agents arrested Herrera later that day.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
  • Beauchemin was since taken down his Facebook page and cut off contact with his family, at least temporarily, an insider told TMZ.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • Much of the Fusion’s back half looked as if it’d been sheared off, the muffler, the spare tire, and the fuel door the clearest surviving indications of its past form.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2025
  • In the same way, effective project management requires learning from past initiatives and applying those insights to improve forecasting accuracy—a skill that becomes increasingly valuable as projects grow in complexity and stakeholder expectations rise.
    Sarah Edwards, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • But those days are long gone, and a time where a host had an eight-figure annual contract to host a daily show in a midtown Manhattan theater with 400 seats and a staff that topped 100 seems like a relic of a bygone era.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2025
  • Trump still thinks that contending with a genuine authoritarian like Putin — a former KGB lieutenant colonel obsessed with some bygone vision of glorious imperial Russia or — is the same as striking a deal for a building on Park Ave.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 July 2025
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“Ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ago. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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