long since cease

Frequency: 5.03.2 per million words

indicates that something stopped happening a long time ago

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Examples (10)

  • The conversation had long since ceased to interest me.
  • By the time the rescue team arrived, the signal had long since ceased.
  • The old tradition of maypole dancing has long since ceased in our village.
  • His influence on the party had long since ceased to be a positive one.
  • Its operations had long since ceased before it became a museum.
  • The rain had long since ceased, but the ground was still wet.
  • She realized the machine's humming, which had long since ceased, was the reason for the silence.
  • The company, having long since ceased production of physical books, is now a digital-only publisher.
  • Their correspondence had long since ceased by the time he moved away.
  • This particular species of bird has long since ceased to migrate to this region.