any longer
Idioms-
With added length, as in If this skirt were any longer it would sweep the floor .
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Still, any more, as in They don't make this model any longer . This negative form is often put as no longer .
Example Sentences
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“Even before Japan said anything, other countries came forward to say that we had better not wait any longer to make our direction clear.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
But by the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Southgate and Holland could not hold Bellingham back any longer.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
It looks like that won’t be the case any longer.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Or he proposed combating them not so much for the benefit of the people most hurt by them as for people who didn’t want to live near them any longer.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2026
I’d been determined not to act like a big baby, but once we got back to the hotel, I couldn’t hold it in any longer.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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