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Recent Examples of long ago
Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
Finishing college not too long ago (December 2023), grad gifts women actually want is a shopping category that’s still fresh on her mind.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 6 May 2026
Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026
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
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Noun
The staircase to the second floor had a stair lift, and into my head drifted an image of an elderly widow, slowly ascending to her bedroom after eating alone, her kitchen overflowing with porcelain and crystal reminders of dinner parties long ago.
—Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
Finishing college not too long ago (December 2023), grad gifts women actually want is a shopping category that’s still fresh on her mind.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 6 May 2026
Adjective
Cher was nominated for a Golden Globe and a Los Angeles Film Critics award for her performance as Sissy, one of the long-ago five-and-dime employees and James Dean fan club members who return for a reunion.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for long ago
Noun
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Israel advanced a bill on Tuesday that would expand Israeli civilian authority sweeping authority over antiquities and archaeology in the occupied West Bank, a move that human rights groups warned would lead to the annexation of the Palestinian territory.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
13 May 2026
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Gone is the polished ideal of classical antiquity.—
Andrew S. Jacobson,
Baltimore Sun,
13 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
Noun
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As this memoir opens, Iran’s morality police stalk the university where Nafisi works, censuring her female students.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Years later, in her memoir, Staton wrote about an incident during their relationship where Carter allegedly beat her.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Electric vehicles have been widely adopted in China, thanks in part to years of now-defunct government subsidies and a fast-growing network of charging stations.—
Jay Ganglani,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
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The agency’s Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries portal, which launched on April 20, could see refund requests for up to $166 billion in tariffs collected under the now-defunct IEEPA order.—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
13 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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Expect Marquise Lightfoot, a twitchy 235-pound edge rusher, and Mizzou transfer Damon Wilson to step in for the departed first-rounders.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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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
Adjective
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State officials reported minimal implementation problems, with exceptions allowing senior citizens to use expired licenses and voters verified by poll workers who have known them for six months or longer.—
John Raby,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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The fee for an expired meter increases to $80, up from $50.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
12 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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