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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What began as experiments has long since scaled into invisible infrastructure, indispensable yet almost unnoticed.
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Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The magic of last season has long since faded, leaving Notre Dame to pick up the pieces without any idea of how the puzzle is supposed to look when finished.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
The whole day long since gone sour.
—Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
Fringe has long since eclipsed the original festival it was founded alongside.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025
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Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The magic of last season has long since faded, leaving Notre Dame to pick up the pieces without any idea of how the puzzle is supposed to look when finished.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
The whole day long since gone sour.
—Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
Fringe has long since eclipsed the original festival it was founded alongside.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Long since.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20since. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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