From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhave come a long wayhave come a long wayPROGRESSto have made a lot of progress Computer technology has come a long way since the 1970s. → come
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have come a long way• There are still many gaps, but we have come a long way.• We certainly have come a long way.• Simulators have come a long way in recent years and today many of them use screen addressing to update the information.• Psychiatry has come a long way since the 1920s.• Computer technology has come a long way since the 1970s.• We have come a long way since then, and one of the greatest stresses in the world today is loneliness.• They have come a long way, so they spend the first few hours greeting each other. 