a long time ago

idiom

: far in the past : not at all recently
It happened a long time ago.

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Danny Ocean: For me, the issue of Venezuela stopped being political a long time ago. Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2024 That scoreless streak seems a long time ago already. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024 This would have been late 1998, so a long time ago. Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024 But Jackie Robinson played baseball a long time ago. Gautam Mukunda, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for a long time ago 

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“A long time ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20long%20time%20ago. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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