long-standing

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Still, experts caution that a name change alone will not resolve long-standing gaps in research funding, clinical training or access to care.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

Tim Mitchell, of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said while staff were working flat out, their efforts were being undermined by long-standing under-investment in buildings and equipment.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Prusinkiewicz says the findings may finally answer a long-standing scientific mystery involving leaf vein formation.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

“You’d be hard-pressed to find many filmmakers that have had the run of quality that he has,” says Michael Barker, co-president and co-founder of Sony Pictures Classics, Almodóvar’s long-standing North American distribution partner.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

The hope was to settle the long-standing dispute by re-creating the graybeards’ visit to Folsom.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann