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in the long run

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eventually adv.
finally adv.
overall adv.

ADVERB

eventually

Synonyms

STRONGEST

finally in the course of time one day someday sooner or later ultimately

WEAK

after all at last at the end of the day hereafter in future in the end sometime when all is said and done

Antonyms

STRONGEST

never

ADVERB

finally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

already belatedly eventually someday sooner or later subsequently ultimately

STRONG

lastly

WEAK

after a while after all as a sequel at last at length at long last at the eleventh hour at the end at the last moment despite delay in conclusion in spite of all in the eleventh hour sometime tardily

Antonyms

STRONGEST

never

WEAK

doubtfully dubiously inconclusively

ADVERB

overall

Synonyms

WEAK

all over chiefly everyplace everywhere generally speaking largely mainly mostly on the whole predominantly primarily principally throughout

Antonyms

WEAK

incomplete narrow

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in the long run

His job was to tell them not to put too much into cash versus other investments, because cash can’t outrun inflation in the long run.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

Tom Anderson has owned a neighborhood pub and wine shop at the edge of Eagle Rock for seven years and thinks that offloading commuter traffic could be helpful to the area in the long run.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

"There is pressure due to their return but in the long run, it will benefit them as well as Afghanistan."

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Those who refuse to play pay a high price in short-term opportunity cost, but win in the long run.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Likewise, insurance policies with broad coverage which compensates for any mishap are apt to be cheaper in the long run than insurance for a particular disease or a particular trip.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

in the long run

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