some time ago

phrase

: at some point in the past
Some time ago, I read that the restaurant had closed.

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And the good news is that the worst of the pandemic’s impact on the economy ended some time ago. Lisa Miller, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2022 See All Example Sentences for some time ago

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