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Recent Examples of long ago
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
21 June 2026
Once upon a time, long ago, Connecticut Republicans were more reasonable.
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Matthew Blinstrubas,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2026
My ambivalence comes from my own union experiences as a young, long-ago steelworker; as a middle-aged adjunct faculty member; and briefly, in my — gasp — old age, as a retail worker.
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John Vukmirovich,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2026
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Noun
Once upon a time, not so very long ago, utility companies rarely sought CPUC permission to extract more money from customers between regular rate-setting sessions.
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Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
21 June 2026
Once upon a time, long ago, Connecticut Republicans were more reasonable.
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Matthew Blinstrubas,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026
Adjective
So is the moment early in the film when Mary mournfully looks on as her long-ago home faces demolition to make room for a big, featureless residential complex.
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Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2026
My ambivalence comes from my own union experiences as a young, long-ago steelworker; as a middle-aged adjunct faculty member; and briefly, in my — gasp — old age, as a retail worker.
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John Vukmirovich,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for long ago
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And so the Pioneer Saloon thrives as an antiquity with a pulse — and by serving up quarter-pound Poltergeist Burgers (the place is ostensibly haunted, see).
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The collection is the only large-scale library known to have survived from classical antiquity.
Adjective
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This governance would be designed ex ante to manage volatility, concentrations of power, and systemic risk rather than retrofitted from a bygone era.
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Neither will seek to engage in the trap of nostalgia for a bygone era.
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Hannah Murray writes in her memoir, The Make-Believe.
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Manganiello said the memoir also explores the unexpected path his search for answers took.
Adjective
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Shirts tied to a specific tour, an album release or a now-defunct venue tend to be the most desirable.
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As a result of this need for speed, Apollo did not build anything permanent on the moon, leaving behind only flags, footprints and defunct spacecraft.
Adjective
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With dragons now extinct and the Targaryens less powerful, this buddy series focuses on more intimate and adventurous stories rather than the struggles for the Iron Throne.
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Grocery chains such as A&P and National Tea became extinct in these parts back in the 1970s.
Adjective
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Delegation meeting uplifted the departed and living Ald.
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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.
Adjective
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Customers can use their expired coupons until July 13.
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King recommends going through your refrigerator to throw away any expired or rotten food before cleaning the inside with soap and hot water.
Adjective
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His past civic engagement includes involvement with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library Board and the boards of the Arts and Sciences Council, TreesCharlotte and the Levine Museum of the New South.
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At that very course, Rory McIlroy and other members of Team Europe were the subject of taunts and heckling that got in the way of the Ryder Cup this past summer.
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“Long ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long%20ago. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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