Definitions

in the long run

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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“He tries to make a buck on both sides. It’s not worth it in the long run, and he’ll pay the price for it.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The housing market in the long run has seen home values rise.

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“We must remain focused on our headline inflation objective, otherwise I believe there is a real risk that inflation will get stuck closer to 3% than 2% in the long run,” he added.

From The Wall Street Journal

But what matters in the long run is what their customers do with the models that run on those data centers.

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Sometimes the creative execution is beside the point in the long run.

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in the long run

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