How to Use come a long way in a Sentence

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  • Thankfully, playsets have come a long way in the last 20 years.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2024
  • These frames have come a long way in the last 20 years.
    Valerie Walsh, wsj.com, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The sport has come a long way from its origins in the Bronx.
    Aliza Rudavsky, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Hearing aids have come a long way in the past 20 years.
    Liz Seegert, Fortune Well, 23 June 2023
  • The goals have come a long way since the outcry at Google six years ago.
    David E. Sanger, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Grande and her hair have come a long way since the Nickelodeon show.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The Bruins have come a long way since those dreamy days.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The best hair straighteners have come a long way in the past decade.
    Monique Wilson, Glamour, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Things have come a long way for Vay since it was founded in 2018.
    WIRED, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Goop has come a long way in its 15 years — and it's changed a lot of minds about wellness.
    Mia McNiece, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
  • In short, she’s come a long way from the swimming laps at the Rosewood High pool!
    EW.com, 9 May 2024
  • But there are others who have come a long way since their days on the small screen.
    Jennifer Nied, Women's Health, 15 June 2023
  • But there are others who have come a long way since their days on the small screen.
    Jennifer Nied, Women's Health, 15 June 2023
  • Fake tattoos have come a long way since the days of peel-and-stick and the wrappers of Fruit Stripe Gum.
    Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2023
  • On the brink of its biggest year ever, the NSO has come a long way — and is off to a strong start.
    Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Dining has come a long way since the early days of space flight.
    Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2023
  • Since then, the brand has come a long way, launching its first smartwatch in 2017.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The amyloidosis field has come a long way in the last three-plus decades.
    Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Yes, breaking has come a long way from an early-‘80s pop-culture fad that seemed to go the way of the Chia Pet.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 29 July 2024
  • Glover has come a long way, of course, but … feels relevant.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The Mexico 66 has come a long way on its road to coolness.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Needless to say, Ryan has come a long way since his 21st birthday.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 2 Apr. 2023
  • To be completely honest, the game has come a long way since then.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2024
  • The Russian form of government has come a long way since then.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Anne Hathaway, for instance, told V Magazine in the spring that chemistry tests have come a long way since her auditioning days in the 2000s.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Still, the sport has come a long way from Petty’s attitude in 1976.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2024
  • In the last 500 million years, eggs (like animals) have come a long way.
    Jules Howard, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Travel trailers have come a long way in terms of style and function.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Women’s soccer has come a long way since the first Women’s World Cup in 1991.
    Emma Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
  • Things have come a long way in the past 21 years, both for Aguilera as an artist and society at large.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2023

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