not long ago
Example Sentences
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He said a body had been found in the park not long ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
That is a departure from not long ago, when mass layoffs registered as a sign of trouble or mismanagement and that a company needed to take drastic measures to right its performance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
As bleak, frightening and all-around life-ruining as the internet has proven itself to be, there was a time not long ago when the World Wide Web felt like a portal, not a black hole.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
We’re about to head into women’s figure skating and the re-ascent of Alysa Liu, the NorCal wonder who walked away from the sport not long ago.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
It’s been eight years since Loma gave me that book, and not long ago I read through all I wrote down on its blank pages.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
