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Recent Examples of long ago
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
Facing that reality and the coming cuts, San Diego and other jurisdictions officially closed off their voucher programs to new applicants not long ago.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2026
Summoned to the scene of a homicide one night, Kay discovers a body with links to a decades-old killer, a finding that calls into question her conclusions about a long-ago series of crimes.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Here are some of the pages of the Courant from that long ago month of July 1776.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
Facing that reality and the coming cuts, San Diego and other jurisdictions officially closed off their voucher programs to new applicants not long ago.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
My table had Stephen Jones, the exquisite Francesca Hayward from the Royal Ballet, Lila Moss, and a few others, all conjuring up a flavor of those long-ago guests at a decadent bar.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2026
Summoned to the scene of a homicide one night, Kay discovers a body with links to a decades-old killer, a finding that calls into question her conclusions about a long-ago series of crimes.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for long ago
Noun
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The setting is green and damp, a little chilly and full of antiquities that toe the line between charming and creepy.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2026
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For Lucretius, reflections on the surface of water or a mirror—in antiquity, made of metal, not unlike the surface of a daguerreotype—are a model for understanding the atomistic universe and the nature of vision.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Quantum technologies have made those challenges and others symbols of a bygone era.—
David Awschalom,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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The recipe comes from a bygone department store called Miller & Rhoads.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Stranger Things actress also lent her voice to the audio versions of James Ellroy's novel American Tabloid and Alexi Pappas' memoir Bravey.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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What started out as a lilting memoir of youthful abandon eventually reveals itself to be something far more disturbing and scarring.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The Herald also contacted two other individuals who were listed as company executives in the now-defunct website of Brown’s GlobalCast Partners.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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Michael Dell, Dell Technologies The future PC mogul sold subscriptions to the now-defunct Houston Post as a teenager, and quietly invented the playbook that would become Dell.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Thirty-five species have already been declared extinct, and more are likely gone.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The team evaluated the size of the ancient octopuses using allometric calculation—a method that used the proportional growth rates of modern, long-bodied finned octopuses to extrapolate the size of their extinct relatives.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Greg Abel is wasting little time putting his stamp on Berkshire Hathaway ’s investment portfolio, reportedly moving to unwind positions tied to the departed lieutenant Todd Combs.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Using expired insulin may cause skin problems.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
22 Apr. 2026
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The place also had an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The Panel brings together farmers, policymakers, and civil society to advance practical reforms and shape international policy building on the momentum of past initiatives such as the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change.—
Carlos Alvarado Quesada,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
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In years past, heavyweights like Copenhagen’s AOC, Koks from the Faroe Islands, Reykjavík’s Dill, and Portugal’s Vistas Rui Silvestre have all danced through its doors.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
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