far back
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California, however, has proved to be a heaven on earth for big-league moneymakers — billionaires, in modern-day dollars — for almost as far back as there were fortunes to be made.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Microsoft ran it with Clippy, the bouncing paperclip that came with Office as far back as the 1990s.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
"The findings suggest that antimicrobial properties played a role as far back as the time of the early Neanderthals and could have been used in a targeted manner," explains Siemssen.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
“Leica has had its share of challenges, going as far back as hyperinflation in the 1920s, but it always managed to pull itself together,” said Kaufmann.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Charlie himself had had many homes, going so far back that he only had the vaguest, haziest memories of them.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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