long-standing

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Improving U.S. eating habits and the availability of nutritious foods is an issue with broad bipartisan support, and has been a long-standing goal of Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement.

From Los Angeles Times

"We found that it is possible to achieve both high magnetization of the nanocomposite and a strong bioactivity in the same material, which has been a long-standing challenge in this field."

From Science Daily

After decades of working internationally on democracy and peace-building, I see three interrelated areas of long-standing U.S. foreign policy engagement being unraveled.

From Salon

In early December, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee ended the long-standing recommendation that every newborn receive a hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth, moving instead to a more selective approach modeled on that of Denmark.

From MarketWatch

The bassist, who also played with Primal Scream, died in his sleep aged 63 of "respiratory issues" linked to the long-standing lung condition emphysema, coroners confirmed to the Manchester Evening News.

From BBC