long-continued
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Although he vigorously argued as a legislator that Congress couldn’t create a national bank, after losing that debate he later accepted as president that the long-continued “decision of the nation” should “over-rule individual opinions.”
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025
The U.S. is apt to have long-continued trouble with Argentina.
From Time Magazine Archive
Aided by a hefty grant from the tobacco industry, the A.M.A. announced that it was embarking on a five-year study of the effects of long-continued smoking.
From Time Magazine Archive
This may be a long-continued process, not confined to old age, but merely making itself apparent then.
From Time Magazine Archive
The herd of vulgar gold-hunters, who thronged the battlements, respected her, for her long-continued sorrows, her abiding faith, her matchless perseverance.
From Mathieu Ropars: et cetera by William Young
