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Recent Examples of long ago
Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 May 2026
This is the current state of social media — a place that not too long ago felt like the best virtual sports bar, where fans from all over the world could take in the games together.
—Candace Buckner, New York Times, 4 May 2026
CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
My table had Stephen Jones, the exquisite Francesca Hayward from the Royal Ballet, Lila Moss, and a few others, all conjuring up a flavor of those long-ago guests at a decadent bar.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Josh Kroenke is running into the same thing that helped accelerate the Rockies’ decline after the ’17 and ’18 postseasons that feel so, so, soooo long ago.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 May 2026
This is the current state of social media — a place that not too long ago felt like the best virtual sports bar, where fans from all over the world could take in the games together.
—Candace Buckner, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Adjective
In Maple Creek Preserve, site condo board members hosted a drain commission official in fall 2024 to hash out a long-ago title problem.
—CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
My table had Stephen Jones, the exquisite Francesca Hayward from the Royal Ballet, Lila Moss, and a few others, all conjuring up a flavor of those long-ago guests at a decadent bar.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for long ago
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To date, the Antiquities Trafficking Unit has recovered more than 6,200 cultural treasures, including rare books, works of art, and antiquities, valued at more than $485 million, and returned more than 5,900 of those to 36 countries.—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
6 May 2026
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Despite chang’s antiquity, Tibetans have their share of teetotalers and prohibitionists.—
Geoff Childs,
The Conversation,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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Farmers markets — that humble and charming throwback to a bygone era — are also struggling with higher fuel prices, after weathering the economic calamities of the pandemic and other misfortunes.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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Why the Stars want Jamie Benn back In an era where loyalty is for losers and a relic from a bygone era, the Stars and Benn’s feelings for the other are old school.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 May 2026
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The royal family is still upset about the interview Harry and Meghan had with Oprah in 2021, as well as Harry’s memoir, Spare.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
7 May 2026
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This sort-of-memoir is the author’s grandmother telling her life story to the author.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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The effort went a long way to differentiating the retailer from Walmart and the now-defunct Sears and Kmart as well as department stores, dollar stores and offpricers.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
6 May 2026
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And the environmentalist work of Jennie Turner Garlington, his youngest child, has included serving as trustee of the Turner Foundation, on the boards of other wildlife conservation organizations and as a CNN TV producer for the network's now-defunct Environment Unit.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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There are also a handful of genera named after Attenborough, as in the case of the Chilean wasp, including Sirdavidia, a genus of trees found in Gabon, and Attenborosaurus, a genus of extinct marine reptiles from the Jurassic.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Yi qi is the name given to an extinct dinosaur from the family Scansoriopterygidae.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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Greg Abel is wasting little time putting his stamp on Berkshire Hathaway ’s investment portfolio, reportedly moving to unwind positions tied to the departed lieutenant Todd Combs.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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That mirrors the likely total awaiting the 10 Pac-12 legacy schools now scattered across the Big 12, Big Ten and ACC. Of the departed contingent, only Arizona is a lock to make the NCAA Tournament field as an at-large team.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Officers found Tong and confirmed his identity by using his expired MSU student ID.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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In January, he was arrested for driving with an expired registration.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham would need to return to Parliament to mount a bid, while Angela Rayner continues to contend with the fallout from past tax issues.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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My novel became a similar revisiting of strange past lives, as well as a crystallization of the desire to be free of forces that had once consumed me—whether that was home, or people who reminded me of home, things that could deliver pain and pleasure at once.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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