long gone
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: having ended, died, disappeared, etc., at a distant time in the past
Those buildings are long gone now.
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Although each departure has nuances, the bare facts are that the potential Guardiola could be used to plug the aging gaps in his team, which is long gone and flourishing elsewhere.
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Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Where the earlier film proffered a fond farewell to the innocence of the ’50s, Saturday Night suggests that while useful high spirits still remain, the innocence is long gone.
—Arthur Knight, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
By winter, August’s humid cloak is long gone, freeing up temperate breezes that whirl in from the cooling waters of the Atlantic—a time locals know in their bones as oyster season.
—Jennifer Hope Choi, Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2024
By November, the birds were long gone, but so were the tourists.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
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Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Where the earlier film proffered a fond farewell to the innocence of the ’50s, Saturday Night suggests that while useful high spirits still remain, the innocence is long gone.
—Arthur Knight, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
By winter, August’s humid cloak is long gone, freeing up temperate breezes that whirl in from the cooling waters of the Atlantic—a time locals know in their bones as oyster season.
—Jennifer Hope Choi, Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2024
By November, the birds were long gone, but so were the tourists.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Long gone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20gone. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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