some time ago

idiom

: at some point in the past
Some time ago, I read that the restaurant had closed.

Examples of some time ago in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Rivera's fate seemed to have been sealed some time ago, but Washington ended the season on a league-worst eight-game losing streak to finish at 4-13. Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024 Louis Maldonado along with his wife, Annmarie, were the restaurant's original chef partners and parted ways some time ago. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2024 Yet this year’s carousel was actually in motion some time ago, the Las Vegas Raiders (Josh McDaniels), Carolina Panthers (Frank Reich) and Los Angeles Chargers (Brandon Staley) cutting the cords with their head men weeks ago. Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024 My sister got married some time ago, and shot glasses were the wedding favors. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2024 Friends of mine put their two children on the title of their house some time ago. Ilyce Glink and Samuel Tamkin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024 Dear Miss Manners: My sister got married some time ago, and shot glasses were the wedding favors. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024 Strange things keep happening, from plagues to fires to murders, and the community places all blame on the tiny shoulders of the bug-eyed boy who, some time ago, trampled his mother to death on horseback. Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023 There is at least one such petition pending, which was introduced some time ago to have as a safety valve against a possible default, on a bill introduced by Democrat Mark DeSaulnier of California. Norman J. Ornstein, The New Republic, 11 Oct. 2023

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“Some time ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/some%20time%20ago. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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