long since
adverb
1
: long ago
promises long since forgotten
2
: for a long time
has long since been a devoted friend
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Whatever the source of those funds (and whatever of their own money was spent on buying shares in the first place), the benefits flowing the other way have long since usurped them.
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Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 May 2025
This game was long since over, and everybody watching knew it.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
The original deadline for the city to bring this ordinance to the city council for consideration — January 2022 — has long since passed.
—Esther Sun, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
And since the Hall of Fame Yankees closer has long since retired, 42 is confined to the history books.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
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Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 May 2025
This game was long since over, and everybody watching knew it.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
The original deadline for the city to bring this ordinance to the city council for consideration — January 2022 — has long since passed.
—Esther Sun, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
And since the Hall of Fame Yankees closer has long since retired, 42 is confined to the history books.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Long since.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20since. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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