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adverb

as in ago
earlier than the present time an ancient marking whose meaning is long since forgotten

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since

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conjunction

as in because
for the reason that since you are already here, we might as well get the meeting started

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“Since.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/since. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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