long gone
idiom
: having ended, died, disappeared, etc., at a distant time in the past
Those buildings are long gone now.
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But the excitement that fizzed around the 1994 vote is long gone.
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Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
Once a competitor to Ring, the startup’s video doorbell aspirations are long gone, as are its founders, Yves Béhar and Jason Johnson.
—Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 21 May 2024
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Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
Once a competitor to Ring, the startup’s video doorbell aspirations are long gone, as are its founders, Yves Béhar and Jason Johnson.
—Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 21 May 2024
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“Long gone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20gone. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
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