any longer
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—usually used in negative statements to say that something that was once true or possible is not now true or possible
We can't ignore these problems any longer.
I can't afford the car any longer.
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With Carlos Alcaraz, Dwight McNeil and £35million summer signing Tyler Dibling in reserve, chance-creation is unlikely to plague Everton any longer.
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Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
The into-life-ness of adolescence meant not having to wait any longer.
—Rachel Kushner, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
But the Big Bang is so much more than that, and yet simultaneously isn’t the very beginning of everything any longer.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
But this format will always exist, just perhaps not on network television any longer.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
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Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
The into-life-ness of adolescence meant not having to wait any longer.
—Rachel Kushner, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
But the Big Bang is so much more than that, and yet simultaneously isn’t the very beginning of everything any longer.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
But this format will always exist, just perhaps not on network television any longer.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for any longer
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“Any longer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/any%20longer. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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