Already and While ago

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Already adverb - So as to precede something in order of time.

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While ago and already are semantically related In some cases you can use "While ago" instead an adverb "Already".

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Already and while ago are semantically related in earlier topic. You can use "Already" instead an adverb phrase "While ago".

Backwards, forwards, sideways... you'll have no idea until you see another level (maybe an "Elsewhere" level) that you already played a while ago... a long while ago.

Source: Nintendo Hard / Video Game Publishers
Somehow Snake's hair is controlling dad and making him— Marge: Oh Lisa, everybody already figured that out a while ago.

Source: Captain Obvious / Western Animation
They still do these annuals although Giles died some while ago so they are reprinting stuff that has already been reprinted although these newer annuals do tend to show stuff that hasn't been printed before.

Source: The Christmas Annual

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While ago and Already. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/already/while_ago

Already & While ago. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/already/while_ago>.

While ago or Already. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/already/while_ago.

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