any longer

idiom

—usually used in negative statements to say that something that was once true or possible is not now true or possible

We can't ignore these problems any longer.

I can't afford the car any longer.

Examples of any longer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The city has gone through four different ambulance contractors since then, but Battalion Chief Brian Joseph said that arrangement isn’t cutting it any longer. —

Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024 Vallow Daybell’s attorneys said their client didn’t want to wait any longer, while Daybell’s attorney wanted to wait for additional testing to be done, East Idaho News reported, leaving Vallow Daybell to stand trial alone. —

Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 1 Apr. 2024 More snow is on the way to California and the Pacific Northwest, but the boys of summer aren’t going to wait any longer. —

Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024 On Tuesday, the full court declined to suspend the 5th Circuit's order any longer. —

Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024 The dogs who are forced to spend their lives on the end of a chain and run until their bodies break down can't wait any longer. —

Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2024 Eventually, Berkoff couldn’t stand it any longer and, in a fury hightailed it to LAX in a rental car that bore the dents of his anger, leaving the production without a Goldberg. —

Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024 The words ‘long’ and ‘term’ don’t really go together in sports any longer. —

Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 8 Mar. 2024 To my friends across the aisle, don’t keep families waiting any longer. —

USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024

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