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• This was a great night with great guys not so long ago.
  — Andrea Towers, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2022
• So—one day not so long ago, the paper clip came to my aid once again.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 6 June 2024
• Across the room, distanced chairs in small pods dot a space that not so long ago held as many as 400.
  — Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com, 7 Mar. 2021
• There was a time not so long ago that Microsoft and Intel were both atop the tech world.
  — Bygeoff Colvin, Fortune, 20 June 2024
• The Hulk mask that Saunders started wearing not so long ago has its roots in many things.
  — Eddie Pells and Pat Graham, chicagotribune.com, 1 Aug. 2021
• Those objects that were behind UCLA in the rearview mirror not so long ago are no longer there.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2022
• There was once a time—a time not so long ago, in fact—when the menswear on the Oscars red carpet was, to put it bluntly, a bit of a snooze.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2024
• There was a time—not so long ago—when my phone was prone to overheating due to its sheer volume of apps.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2024
• Y’know, there was a time, not so long ago, that the Detroit Tigers were buyers at the trade deadline, rather than sellers.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 31 July 2023
• Once upon a time, not so long ago, a nip slip was the most tragic thing that could happen to a red carpet.
  — Katie Donbavand, Glamour, 24 Dec. 2022
• Tufts of grasses, yellow and brown by late June, offer signs that crops grew here not so long ago.
  — Alissa J. Rubin, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2023
• Many of the soldiers serving in the marine corps had ordinary jobs not so long ago.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2024
• If that sounds far-fetched, well, just remember what happened in chess not so long ago.
  — Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2022
• Once upon a time, not so long ago, two best friends became partners in life and in business.
  — Michelle Matthews | [e-mail], al, 18 May 2022
• So just what does the next chapter look like for a book store retailer on the publishing scrap heap not so long ago?
  — Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• As for the cows, there was a time not so long ago when an islander might round one up from the beach, take it home to graze and fatten up, then butcher it for meat.
  — Longreads, 2 Nov. 2022
• There was a time, not so long ago, when Josh Mosteller was perfectly content with having just one child.
  — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2024
• There was a time not so long ago when Korean dramas rarely went past one season.
  — Kayti Burt, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2023
• Remember, there was a time, not so long ago, when stuff like Eagle Rare 17 collected dust on the shelf.
  — Brad Japhe, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
• But, today is Friday and the sun is out and not so long ago a baby orangutan was born at Portland’s Oregon Zoo.
  — oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2022
• Second, the giant fish not so long ago nearly vanished from Jurua, as vessels swept the lakes with large nets.
  — Fabiano Maisonnave and Jorge Saenz, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Nov. 2022
• There was a time, not so long ago, when fashion and politics didn’t really mix.
  — Vogue, 1 Apr. 2022
• Thanks for the amazing music and the great hangs, especially photographing you in LA not so long ago.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 9 Aug. 2023
• But not so long ago, romantic partners could high five their problems away.
  — Vulture, 29 Oct. 2023
• That may sound far-fetched to detractors—but of course, so did the notion of paying for things or transferring money with a tap of one’s cell phone not so long ago.
  — Rey Mashayekhi, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2021
• In a region awash in violence, poverty and corruption, Guatemala not so long ago appeared to be on a better path.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
• Of course, Tesla had its own existential struggles as an EV startup not so long ago.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2024
• Few expected Joe Mazzulla to be in this position, a bit like Jim Montgomery not so long ago.
  — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2023
• There was a time not so long ago when Europe would show up at the course intimidated by the U.S. star power and experience.
  — Will Graves, chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2021
• How could the family's oldest, a boy who had not so long ago loved Legos and Power Rangers, have molested his brothers?
  — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024