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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The Milli Vanilli classic is featured in the new Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story show that landed on Netflix not long ago.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
One afternoon not long ago, Baraka called some prospective entrepreneurs into City Hall for a meeting.
—Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Now, for the first time, Modi sits atop a coalition government, and India’s path forward appears far less certain, and far more interesting, than seemed plausible not long ago.
—Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2024
Hydrogen power, not long ago considered a sci-fi pipe dream, is climbing closer to reality.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 11 July 2024
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
One afternoon not long ago, Baraka called some prospective entrepreneurs into City Hall for a meeting.
—Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Now, for the first time, Modi sits atop a coalition government, and India’s path forward appears far less certain, and far more interesting, than seemed plausible not long ago.
—Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2024
Hydrogen power, not long ago considered a sci-fi pipe dream, is climbing closer to reality.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 11 July 2024
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“Not long ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20long%20ago. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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