from way back

Example Sentences

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"You've got people choosing to live here from Liverpool but also residents from way back with cultural ties that are deep."

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

“My dad was very intentional in showing me how, from way back, Native people have been shown in media,” she said.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2022

“I think him getting someone else that challenges him and plays the same way as him on this defense may even spark the D-Law you saw from way back when,” Parsons said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2022

Women who held a certain image of her from way back then may see her in another light now.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2022

Those two hate each other from way back.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García