not long ago

phrase

: during a recent period of time : recently
I saw an interesting ad not long ago for a new car.

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Now the area was ablaze; Aragüés found out not long ago that, sadly, the memorial had burned. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026 The skills that felt like a safe bet not long ago, the ones Abrahami and I and plenty of others once counted on, have become the price of entry. — Alli Kushner, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Newsom drew a parallel to the plague of retail theft that captivated the state not long ago, and which the state has successfully combated. — Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 The land that is today Sterling Ranch was a working ranch on the prairie not long ago. — Olivia Young, CBS News, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for not long ago

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“Not long ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20long%20ago. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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