long since
adverb
1
: long ago
promises long since forgotten
2
: for a long time
has long since been a devoted friend
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That image has long since been folded into Guardiola’s mythology.
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Rory Smith, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Of course, any actual time travelers among us will have long since concluded that Gavassino must have missed something somewhere.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Because the owners of many other donut shops and chains, once common in Connecticut, have long since hung up their aprons.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
Or inherit co-ownership of the Giants the way John Mara and Steve Tisch long since have.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
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Rory Smith, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Of course, any actual time travelers among us will have long since concluded that Gavassino must have missed something somewhere.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Because the owners of many other donut shops and chains, once common in Connecticut, have long since hung up their aprons.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
Or inherit co-ownership of the Giants the way John Mara and Steve Tisch long since have.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Long since.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20since. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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