long run

Example Sentences

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That helps it keep working in the long run.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

He added that Micron is an opportunity to play the memory game in the AI build-out over the long run, at a reasonable price.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

But it is very confident that the up-front investment would save the UK money in the long run, potentially tens of billions of pounds per year.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

"In the long run, self-contained people may not be able to survive in this competitive world," he said.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Grand visions, even ones that prove as prescient as Washington’s, must nevertheless negotiate the damnable particularities that history in the short run tosses up before history in the long run arrives to validate the vision.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis