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Preposition(1) in the intervening period between (the time mentioned) and the time under consideration, typically the present.(2) for the reason that: because.(3) ago.

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(1) The banks will reclaim the funds from the retailer, but the goods have long since gone.(2) I met him there a few days since(3) she has suffered from depression since she was sixteen(4) The club's long since gone but the memories of those starry nights have never faded.(5) the worst property slump since the war(6) The sun had long since faded by this time and the sky was growing darker by the minute.(7) My father who started the business has long since given up trying to make me like him.(8) it hadn't long since ended(9) Many more elsewhere are struggling since visitors found a reason to stay at home.(10) I have to go since I'm her friend(11) they're long since gone home(12) It is hard to believe that a year has passed since then and it is a significant milestone in her fight for life.(13) They have long since ceased to be amazed at the number of shopping trolleys they find.(14) Wales had long since been conquered, but it was still very much alive as a country.(15) it's five years since the accident(16) Things may have picked up for Celtic since then but I see no reason to change my advice.
Related Words
(1) ever since
(2) since then
(3) since when
(4) since yesterday
(5) since that time
(6) since last year
(7) since ever
(8) since that
(9) since birth
(10) since childhood
Synonyms
Conjunction
1. because
2. as
3. inasmuch as
4. for the reason that


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

since telephones
only existed

SINCE telephones only existed

The Big Bang Theory Season 7, Episode 4


but clearly we have fallen
quite a bit since then.

but clearly we have fallen quite a bit SINCE then.

Westworld Season 2, Episode 9


Point taken. It has been some time since
we've had a woman take her clothes off...

Point taken. It has been some time SINCE we've had a woman take her clothes off...

The Big Bang Theory Season 1, Episode 1


I've been preparing since I was a child.�

I've been preparing SINCE I was a child.

Money Heist Season 3, Episode 2


- Since when?
- Since always.

- SINCE when? - SINCE always.

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 11


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