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  • adverb for a long time

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  • “He worked at the Sandmound,” Nick said, referring to a long-since demolished casino, which had dated back to the days when Vegas had been a syndicate stronghold.

    Double Dealer: Crime Scene Investigation Max Allan Collins 2002

  • “He worked at the Sandmound,” Nick said, referring to a long-since demolished casino, which had dated back to the days when Vegas had been a syndicate stronghold.

    Double Dealer: Crime Scene Investigation Max Allan Collins 2002

  • “He worked at the Sandmound,” Nick said, referring to a long-since demolished casino, which had dated back to the days when Vegas had been a syndicate stronghold.

    Double Dealer: Crime Scene Investigation Max Allan Collins 2002

  • Nearly every horse alive today also comes from a breed long-since domesticated.

    Tracking Equine Evolution Mark Yost 2011

  • There are many other issues I'd like to bring up, but I've long-since realized that minds aren't changed, no matter how clearly you present your argument.

    TOC: The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF edited by Mike Ashley 2009

  • While Assad's prospects for ruling over a unified Syria with the consent of the majority of its citizens have long-since collapsed, there are plenty of historical and neighborhood examples of authoritarian regimes based on ethnic or religious minorities hanging onto power despite challenges — hence Assad's readiness to wage the power struggle on the basis of a sectarian war rather than simply a political conversation.8.13pm: Tonight's meeting of the UN security council is underway.

    Syria: UN to hear Arab League proposals - live updates 2012

  • But we somehow feel obligated to spend time explaining away Scripture texts that propound notions that have long-since become moot (e.g., dietary laws that protected desert tribes lacking refrigeration) or are truly repugnant (e.g., Paul's views of women and slaves) at the expense of preaching vivid depictions of God's will in action today.

    Eliot Daley: Killing the Church by Denigrating the Immediacy of God Eliot Daley 2011

  • And as if this didn't seem ingenious enough, the 918 is actually based on the carbon-fibre tub of a long-since discontinued super car, the Carrera GT, parts for which were simply gathering dust at Porsche's factory.

    Dream Cars Matthew Master 2010

  • I have long-since forgotten my high school maths and physics, but I was drawn to her stubbornness, her tenacity, her sheer need to keep learning.about. com says:

    Archive 2009-03-01 Mia 2009

  • I have long-since forgotten my high school maths and physics, but I was drawn to her stubbornness, her tenacity, her sheer need to keep learning.about. com says:

    Sophie Germain, a tech heroine Mia 2009

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