: of or relating to the past
long-ago leaders
: the distant past
Examples of long-ago in a Sentence
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Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 2 May 2024
In each show, we’re plunged into a louche, long-ago decade, in which drug-fuelled, antic musicians make art as though the world were ending.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2024
Jared recalls a long-ago conversation when Vance described his job at NCIS as trying to do good by being a light in the darkness.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
American to the core but reminiscent of long-ago European saints: self-scourging, infected, suffering, yet suffused with an unlikely bliss.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 24 Mar. 2024
Trump is facing 34 felony charges for allegedly falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election, to keep her from accusing Trump of a long-ago affair.
—Michael Cadenhead, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
Browse the museum, hike the trails — the Tower Trail takes you to the site of the long-ago observation tower — then check out the town’s art galleries and murals.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Because of a long-ago false theory about differences in creatinine levels, many lab reports until recently often would list two results - one calculated for non-Black patients and another for Black patients that could overestimate kidney function by as much as 16%.
—CBS News, 1 Apr. 2024
His company is also aging and showing the limits of its long-ago innovations.
—Maria Aspan, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2024
Yet Trump long ago upended conventional wisdom in politics.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
Bouie saw her son have one of these nightmares not too long ago.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024
Some of the imposter websites are tied to colleges that shut down long ago, like Morrison University in Nevada, which closed its doors in 2014, or Jones International, one of the first schools to offer college courses online, which followed in 2015.
—Chris Quintana, The Courier-Journal, 9 May 2024
Earth, Venus and Mars may also have been covered with magma long ago, so studying this distant world could help astronomers better understand our own planet’s early days.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
Not too long ago, nearly all of mainstream culture treated weight loss as aspirational.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 8 May 2024
Not too long ago, Curtis Blaydes feared the consequences of winning.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 5 May 2024
Because while the City of Light may be known as the cradle of fashion, culture, and gastronomy, not too long ago it was also regularly accused of slipping into a lazy, even smug, complacency—stuck in its ways, resting on the laurels of its storied past.
—Vivian Song, Robb Report, 4 May 2024
Adjective
His re-election fight against former President Donald J. Trump — his 13th bid for federal office, all told — is shaping up to be the opposite of those long-ago Senate campaigns: travel-intensive, nasty and close.
—Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 2 May 2024
In each show, we’re plunged into a louche, long-ago decade, in which drug-fuelled, antic musicians make art as though the world were ending.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2024
Jared recalls a long-ago conversation when Vance described his job at NCIS as trying to do good by being a light in the darkness.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
American to the core but reminiscent of long-ago European saints: self-scourging, infected, suffering, yet suffused with an unlikely bliss.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 24 Mar. 2024
Trump is facing 34 felony charges for allegedly falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election, to keep her from accusing Trump of a long-ago affair.
—Michael Cadenhead, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
Browse the museum, hike the trails — the Tower Trail takes you to the site of the long-ago observation tower — then check out the town’s art galleries and murals.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Because of a long-ago false theory about differences in creatinine levels, many lab reports until recently often would list two results - one calculated for non-Black patients and another for Black patients that could overestimate kidney function by as much as 16%.
—CBS News, 1 Apr. 2024
His company is also aging and showing the limits of its long-ago innovations.
—Maria Aspan, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
Noun
Wilhelm Schmid learned long ago that the best way to get a new A. Lange & Söhne watch to a city teeming with collectors of the coveted German luxury watch brand was to strap it on and deliver it personally.
—Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2024
Yet Trump long ago upended conventional wisdom in politics.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
Bouie saw her son have one of these nightmares not too long ago.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024
Some of the imposter websites are tied to colleges that shut down long ago, like Morrison University in Nevada, which closed its doors in 2014, or Jones International, one of the first schools to offer college courses online, which followed in 2015.
—Chris Quintana, The Courier-Journal, 9 May 2024
Earth, Venus and Mars may also have been covered with magma long ago, so studying this distant world could help astronomers better understand our own planet’s early days.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
Not too long ago, nearly all of mainstream culture treated weight loss as aspirational.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 8 May 2024
Not too long ago, Curtis Blaydes feared the consequences of winning.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 5 May 2024
Because while the City of Light may be known as the cradle of fashion, culture, and gastronomy, not too long ago it was also regularly accused of slipping into a lazy, even smug, complacency—stuck in its ways, resting on the laurels of its storied past.
—Vivian Song, Robb Report, 4 May 2024
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“Long-ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long-ago. Accessed 14 May. 2024.
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