long since
adverb
1
: long ago
promises long since forgotten
2
: for a long time
has long since been a devoted friend
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A lot of rules back then were driven by a desire to reduce expenses for the members, but that ship has long since sailed.
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Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Buy Yet as Antetokounmpo reminds his coach and anyone else who will listen, his focus has long since shifted from the individual goals to the collective.
—Sam Amick, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
The Art Deco world of Poirot has long since been concreted over by some ’70s town planners, and the Miss Marple chintzy rural drawing room is not a place that many people frequent.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
Many have long since been demolished or altered beyond recognition, but some of the most beautiful have miraculously kept their original structures and decoration intact.
—The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
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Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Buy Yet as Antetokounmpo reminds his coach and anyone else who will listen, his focus has long since shifted from the individual goals to the collective.
—Sam Amick, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
The Art Deco world of Poirot has long since been concreted over by some ’70s town planners, and the Miss Marple chintzy rural drawing room is not a place that many people frequent.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
Many have long since been demolished or altered beyond recognition, but some of the most beautiful have miraculously kept their original structures and decoration intact.
—The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Long since.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20since. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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