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Recent Examples of long ago
Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
New York has been dealing with three players who were deemed out for the season long ago – Kyle Palmieri, Pierre Engvall and Alexander Romanov – and an injury to goalie Semyon Varlamov.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
Sayantani Dasgupta
february 24, Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
Johanna pulls off her mother’s jacket, knocks her to the ground, and pushes up her sleeve to uncover the scars of her mother’s long-ago suicide attempt.
—Elaine Blair, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Clyne long ago embraced the native Apache community in southern Arizona.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
New York has been dealing with three players who were deemed out for the season long ago – Kyle Palmieri, Pierre Engvall and Alexander Romanov – and an injury to goalie Semyon Varlamov.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
In a long-ago movie, emblematic of America’s uncritical, dangerous addiction to nostalgia, Kevin Costner played a farmer who mows down his corn field in order to create a baseball diamond so that the ghosts of former baseball players can come and play there.
—Sayantani Dasgupta
february 24, Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
Johanna pulls off her mother’s jacket, knocks her to the ground, and pushes up her sleeve to uncover the scars of her mother’s long-ago suicide attempt.
—Elaine Blair, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for long ago
Noun
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With the help of an archaeologist from a Philadelphia university, the short swords and arrowheads were authenticated as antiquities dating back to 1600-1000 BCE from the southwestern Caspian Sea near the Talish Mountains region of Iran, CBP said.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The manners by which stories of heroes were conveyed in antiquity were not so unlike the comic books, movies and TV shows, games, and high-profile PR events of the Marvel Universe.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Whispers of endless buffets at industry parties, seem a distant echo of a bygone era.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Mar. 2026
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Members of Congress, who mostly occupy safe seats and came of age during a bygone political era, may feel that any shift toward Republicans will be short-lived.—
Marc Novicoff,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
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In 2013, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) suddenly restricted access to Marjane Satrapi's memoir, Persepolis, without explanation of its decision-making process, in some of the school system's classrooms.—
Tahneer Oksman,
NPR,
12 Mar. 2026
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Some commentators have even refused to use Kobabe’s correct pronouns—an omission that directly echoes struggles depicted in the memoir itself.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Damaged or defunct spacecraft also pose a growing problem.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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The first one being Bruce Lee, who once had a martial arts studio in an unmarked building (which Joe found using a now-defunct History Channel app).—
Xuan Juliana Wang,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Two marsupial species in New Guinea, previously known only from fossil evidence and believed extinct for more than 7,000 years, have been confirmed alive.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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That contribution helped scientists confirm a species believed extinct for more than 7,000 years was still alive.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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
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Pritchard, who’d notched three straight 20-point outings since replacing the departed Anfernee Simons as Boston’s second-unit quarterback, had six points on 2-of-9 shooting and was a minus-27.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Democrats are hoping to make the expired subsidies an issue in the midterms, after bipartisan talks to revive them faltered.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Charles had an expired certification necessary to drive a bus at the time of the accident, the family’s lawsuit states, which was known to Transdev.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Read transcripts from past live chats here.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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The president noted that past military conflicts have dogged his predecessors, mentioning former President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and Jimmy Carter’s handling of the Iran hostage crisis.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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