not long ago
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: during a recent period of time : recently
I saw an interesting ad not long ago for a new car.
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What cannot be disputed, however, is that the Padres have invested and continue to invest in their team at a level that is well beyond what not long ago was unthinkable in San Diego and is still seen as unfeasible in several places like it.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
This is especially true on the right, where pessimism and paranoia about technology, not long ago largely the province of the left, have spread on the heels of the pandemic and efforts to police speech on social media platforms.
—Charles Homans, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2025
As populations’ median ages continue to rise — and the future looks increasingly hazardous for all age groups — more movies are touching on senility, dementia, elder abuse and other topics that not long ago rarely got any screen airing.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
In one of his first notable scenes, Hanks as Buggs raps in the locker room - something Hanks pursued in his real-life not long ago.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
This is especially true on the right, where pessimism and paranoia about technology, not long ago largely the province of the left, have spread on the heels of the pandemic and efforts to police speech on social media platforms.
—Charles Homans, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2025
As populations’ median ages continue to rise — and the future looks increasingly hazardous for all age groups — more movies are touching on senility, dementia, elder abuse and other topics that not long ago rarely got any screen airing.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
In one of his first notable scenes, Hanks as Buggs raps in the locker room - something Hanks pursued in his real-life not long ago.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
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