not so long ago

idiom

: a short time ago
Not so long ago, she was the nation's best gymnast.

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And not so long ago, the Queen had a serious case of pneumonia. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 16 Sep. 2025 Once upon a time — not so long ago — the internet opened like a library with no closing hours. Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025 There was a time not so long ago when Osaka would do to others what Mboko did to her Thursday night. Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2025 But not so long ago, in 2022, almost no one had heard about ChatGPT, and Google’s Bard (now Gemini) wasn’t even released yet. Klaudia Zaika, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for not so long ago

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“Not so long ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20so%20long%20ago. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.

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