long gone

idiom

: having ended, died, disappeared, etc., at a distant time in the past
Those buildings are long gone now.

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But the reality is that world, the one where Pete Carroll invited everyone and their grandmother into USC practice, is long gone. Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025 How to make sense of their age and ours, one Gilded Age long gone and one now getting stripped of its shine? Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025 His best days look long gone and while there may well be a reminder or two of his quality before the end of the season, this will surely be his final year at City. Sam Lee, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025 The $300,000 Goss had donated years earlier was long gone, as was Goss. David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for long gone

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“Long gone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20gone. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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