long time
Example Sentences
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“Obviously, I would have wanted to return a long time ago, and everyone knows it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
We haven’t seen a “spike peak” buy signal since early last June — an extraordinarily long time for VIX to go without spiking upward on some negative news or rumor of some sort.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Almost 15 years together is a long time — especially if you met young.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
"It won't for him when things settle down but, as we sit here now, it feels that it was a long time ago."
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
He studied the leaflet for a long time.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
