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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The statute of limitations for bringing a civil lawsuit or criminal charges had long since expired.
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Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
They have long since been known to be very controlling with video footage from tournament play.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Relegated in their time to Oscar-night footnotes, they have long since been recognized as his towering twin peaks—cinematic effusions of a dark, visionary, and fundamentally inimitable strangeness, against which the sheen of even a good Oscars ceremony pales.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
The soundtrack has long since fallen into obscurity; it was never released on CD in the United States and is unavailable on streaming services.
—Ben Sisario, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
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Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
They have long since been known to be very controlling with video footage from tournament play.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Relegated in their time to Oscar-night footnotes, they have long since been recognized as his towering twin peaks—cinematic effusions of a dark, visionary, and fundamentally inimitable strangeness, against which the sheen of even a good Oscars ceremony pales.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
The soundtrack has long since fallen into obscurity; it was never released on CD in the United States and is unavailable on streaming services.
—Ben Sisario, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Long since.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20since. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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