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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a memory of long" is not correct in written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression and lacks clarity.
Example: "She held onto a memory of long ago, cherishing the moments they shared."
Alternatives: "a memory from long ago" or "a distant memory."
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She beamed at a memory of long ago.
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This piece seems to embody death, or a memory of long-lost happiness.
A couple of miles away, in an old mill cottage, we discover an upturned tree standing in a bed of quartz and supporting a mill wheel in mid-air, a site-specific memory of long-gone industry.
In another study, a "memory" of transitory FGF had a long-lasting effect on the fibroblast response to the secondary FGF stimulation; this memory reduced rather than increased their proliferation [ 62].
Earlier post: Gallagher's, the 85-year-old just-off-Broadway steakhouse that is a shrine to the memory of long-gone prizefighters, jockeys and Runyonesque pillars of the show business firmament, will close its doors in January, according to a layoff notice filed with the New York State Department of Labor on Thursday.
You also have a clear memory of how long it takes to get your 4-year-old into the bathtub and then once in, how long it will take to get him out.
The next few hours were oddly calm, a comforting memory of a long-ago date with her husband-to-be.
The silvery soil of plowed fields almost shimmers, like a ghostly memory of that long-vanished sea.
He ran off with 50 Turkish lira, about $30, and her engagement ring, a last memory of her long-dead husband.
He has a million memories of a long football life and yet 1957 is still as fresh as can be.
Even if Kay seeks to cure her itch by hilarious experiments with a vibrator, she still has the memory of a long and happy marriage.
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