a long way
Example Sentences
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“It is encouraging that businesses have started adapting, but there’s a long way to go.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The check was relatively small — just $15,000 — but within the Los Angeles Police Department it seemed to go a long way.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
But that of course was in Texas, a long way from the polished glitz of Hollywood, and the same could be said of Gyllenhaal — at least metaphorically.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
The pre-fight feeling was that this occasion bordered on the absurd as a sanctioned world title contest, but Verhoeven went a long way to proving the boxing fraternity wrong.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Two and a half miles is a long way in complete darkness.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
