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a while back
Idioms and Phrases
Also, a while ago . Some time in the past, as in I ran into Barbara a while back but didn't get her new address , or John wrote me a while ago about his new baby . This term uses a while in the sense of “a short or moderate time,†a usage dating from about 1300.Example Sentences
The State Department Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Darren Beattie said it most plainly in a post on X a while back: “Competent white men must be put in charge if you want things to work. Unfortunately, our entire national ideology is predicated on coddling the feelings of women and minorities, and demoralizing competent white men.â€
A while back, her feet started hurting.
"I saw something a while back saying I have some specific bonus linked to a women's World Cup win - that is not the case, that is not true," Sweeney said.
“A while back, he saw me at a card show and got his frustration off his chest. It’s not the kind of moment that should be filmed and released. It was a private moment of frustration between two old football warriors.â€
Dear Liz: A while back, you responded to a letter writer that Social Security’s estimates of the amount a person will receive assumes the person will continue working until they apply for benefits.
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