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Recent Examples of ago
Joseph Hernandez
march 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
Love Story's critics have pointed out the bizarre nature of the all-consuming 2026 ‘trends’ based on the aesthetic taste of a famously private person—one who died tragically over 25 years ago, at that.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2026
Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
Employers announced 108,435 job cuts in the first month of the year, up 118% from the year-ago figures, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Twenty years ago, thousands of 15- to 16-year-olds would’ve been trained on how to run a film projector since that’s what the majority of movie theaters used.
—Joseph Hernandez
march 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
Love Story's critics have pointed out the bizarre nature of the all-consuming 2026 ‘trends’ based on the aesthetic taste of a famously private person—one who died tragically over 25 years ago, at that.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Is that a year-ago framework for Achane?
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
Employers announced 108,435 job cuts in the first month of the year, up 118% from the year-ago figures, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ago
Adverb
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Despite her difficult start, Kaiko has since been recovering in her new home, with the viral video capturing a quiet but significant milestone—her first night sleeping indoors.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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And the three who founded it in 1998 ran two unlicensed boarding schools in Missouri that have since been closed amid abuse allegations.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Prosecutors also cited Cortez Johnson's prior probation violations, failures to appear, and past convictions.—
Chelsea Jones,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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In past years, pushing issues to the next meeting had been a tool the NFL used to win the day because the May meeting allowed league personnel to lobby owners in favor of their measures, knowing coaches and general managers would not attend that next meeting.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This means that even Gehry’s most recent work can already seem to belong to a bygone era.—
Julian Rose,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
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That is a relic of a bygone era.—
Suzanne Schneider,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ago. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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