Examples of ago in a Sentence
he left here long ago
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By brand, comparable sales for the eight weeks versus the same year-ago quarter saw its Journeys Group gain 12 percent.
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Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 12 Jan. 2026
What's clear is that at the 40,000-year-ago mark, humans arrived and shook things up.
—New Atlas, 8 Jan. 2026
In 2025, July was the only month with increasing restaurant visits compared with the year-ago period, according to Black Box Intelligence.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, the entire West was on fire, trails already choked with deadfall from decades-ago blazes even as new ones torched millions more acres every season.
—Literary Hub, 22 Dec. 2025
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“Ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ago. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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ago
adjective or adverb
: earlier than the present time
many years ago
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