not long ago

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: during a recent period of time : recently

I saw an interesting ad not long ago for a new car.

Examples of not long ago in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Aside from a few exclusions, everything in the store was 75% off not long ago. —

Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2024 The bust phase of the modern business cycle that so many Wall Street forecasters said was an inevitability not long ago appears to have gone missing. —

Will Daniel, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2024 Tara Davis-Woodhall, long jump Mane was a jumper who wasn't on many people's radar not long ago, but Davis-Woodhall has been a star jumper with gold medal potential for awhile. —

Mark Osborne, ABC News, 26 July 2024 What a change that would be for a team that was struggling to find two starters not long ago. —

Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for not long ago

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