: of or relating to the past
long-ago leaders
: the distant past
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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
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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
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“Long-ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long-ago. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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