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adverb

ə-ˈgō

Definition of ago

as in since

earlier than the present time he left here long ago

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adjective

as in past

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Eons ago a star up to 30 times the mass of our sun collapsed and perished, forming a black hole. — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 Japan's ties with China came under strain a year ago when Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Chinese military action on Taiwan could justify Japanese involvement. — Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026 Eight years ago, protesters frequently drove coverage in their preferred direction by disrupting candidates (Movimiento Cosecha pushed Biden to endorse a deportation moratorium, for instance) and showing up to press them at Q&As. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Politics, as was still possible on plenty of stages a decade and a half ago, is the spice added to the deeply standard meat and potatoes of its structure. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026 Just a week ago, Kelce and Swift were celebrating the future Pro Football Hall of Famer’s 37th birthday while in New York City. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026 A number of them do not appear to have actually voted, and some registered to vote more than 20 years ago. — Miles Parks, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026 Sales of print books have increased nearly twenty-five per cent from a decade ago. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Something that started decades ago and was applauded and inoffensive is now politically incorrect. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026

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There was one advertised 40 percent off on its sale page for one day in the same year-ago period, but was not repeated last month. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026 The bank's charge-off ratio fell from the second quarter and year-ago period, while early-stage delinquencies are at historically low levels. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 Average pricing is up between 1% and 2% compared to the year-ago rates, when increases hovered between 5% and 6%. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026 In equities trading, GameStop surged more than 5% before the market opened after the video game retailer provided a preliminary second-quarter earnings outlook above its year-ago results. — ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026 Peacock had 48 million subscribers during the recent second quarter, up from 46 million customers in the previous first quarter and 41 million subscribers in the year-ago second-quarter period. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026

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Known internally as the Five Guys Games, the competition has since gone global.

— Mya Copeland, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
The 31-year-old has since emerged as a linchpin in the Brewers’ lineup, working series-changing at-bats against All-Star pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Blake Snell.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of since

Adjective

But ahead of November's midterm election, Democrats in recent weeks have ramped up campaign ads hitting their GOP opponents for past opposition to releasing the Epstein files.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Entertainment icon Liza Minnelli, also a past honoree, will serve as honorary chair.

— Paul Grein, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of past

Adjective

Cope, who participated in Frieze London with his namesake gallery, is intentionally alluding to a bygone era of art fairs with his participation in the Dallas and London Invitationals.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Luckily, the neighborhood has no shortage of historic hotels from a bygone era of the city.

— Timothy Latterner, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026

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