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NO LONGER
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not now
Example:
she is no more
Synonyms:
no longer; no more
Classified under:
Antonym:
still (with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation)
Context examples:
He thus grasps and cries, and gazes, because he no longer fears to waken by any sound he can utter—by any movement he can make.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
To live no longer with the decencies even of a private gentleman!
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
My Dearest Margaret, I can no longer restrain my passion, and must know my fate before I return.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I will lead this life no longer.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
There came a time when not only did the meat-supply cease, but the milk no longer came from his mother's breast.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
It might be that your partner is no longer going through a hard patch or is at least seeing better times.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
So they kept walking until Dorothy could stand no longer.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Polio used to be a cause of paralysis, but polio no longer occurs in the U.S.
(Paralysis, NIH)
In type 1 diabetes, the beta cells of the pancreas no longer make insulin because the body's immune system has attacked them.
(Pancreatic Diseases, NIH)
Analgesic mixtures containing phenacetin are no longer available in the United States.
(Phenacetin-Containing Mixture, NCI Thesaurus)
