long-standing
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As Coleman notes, “I would see if it’s part of a long-standing pattern and think about the psychological cost to you.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
India on Monday declared the country free of the Maoist insurgency, fulfilling a long-standing deadline to defeat the decades-long rebellion.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Other relief being sought includes dropping long-standing duties on countries that export fertilizer products to the U.S., such as Morocco, a supplier of phosphates.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
This challenges long-standing assumptions and highlights how much remains unknown about the early evolution of apes and humans.
From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026
The Theorem rests upon the validity of my long-standing argument that the world contains precisely two kinds of people: Dumpers and Dumpees.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
