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Recent Examples of long ago
Noun
Also, the feeding frenzy had happened long ago, before Brianna was even born.—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025 This process was put in place long ago in attempts to maintain the integrity of scientific processes.—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Still, many in the pro-vaccine community long-ago wrote off Kennedy and this shift is unlikely to win him much favor.—David Oliver, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025 That’s still far below the long-ago pre-social media days.—David Bloom, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for long ago
The Getty is boasts one of the most robust art collections in the world, with the Getty Center alone containing more than 44,000 antiquities dating as far back as 6,500 BCE.
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Francesca Aton for ArtNews,
Robb Report,
3 Apr. 2025
These artifacts from gaming antiquity will inevitably be recognized one day soon.
The net effect is the same: experiencing the look, feel, sound, and even smell of a bygone era when the Mustang was the car to beat.
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Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
11 Apr. 2025
Begin your walking tour at Plaza Mayor Courtesy of Madrid City Tourism
Start at the famous Plaza Mayor, whose 17th-century square transports you to a bygone era.
In Brazil, Cuban doctors in the defunct Mais Medicos program were paid less than a third of what was paid to doctors of other nationalities in the same program, according to documents obtained by the Brazilian press.
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Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
Cohen was first elected in 2018, after Crook had ended his relatively brief career as a lobbyist for the Coalition for Connecticut Sportsmen, a defunct organization that had been run by his father, Robert T. Crook.
Many employees may also stay put as a result, though some will still seek new opportunities—especially those in relatively stable fields like healthcare.
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Ancient DNA from a species that has been extinct for at least 10,000 years lives on once again in the form of three baby animals.
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Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
The dire wolf has been extinct for over 10,000 years.
But with Harden, Norman Powell and Ivica Zubac taking the majority of the shots instead of the departed Paul George and a rehabilitating Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers score 45.9 percent of their points in the paint (fifth in NBA).
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Law Murray,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
These spirits not only provide a thoughtful toast to the departed but also serve as a reminder of Mexico’s deep traditions and reverence for the past.
From a mental health perspective, this might look like working with a therapist to address that past trauma, identifying what triggers you and finding healthy ways to cope.
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Rahkim Sabree, Contributor,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
The researchers analyzed past studies to determine the impact of technology on mental aging.
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