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

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

Never again must free Americans face the specter of long-continued, mass unemployment.

From Time Magazine Archive

A marriage contracted from any such motive is sure to bring unhappiness of a long-continued, wearing and often heart-breaking kind.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Dods, Marcus