long-term
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Rinkevics said a "long-term" air defence accord would be prepared.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Yet its long-term rainfall data suggests the Southern Ocean, a critical driver of global heat and carbon absorption, may be changing faster and more dramatically than scientists previously realized.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
While El Niño forms across the tropical Pacific, forecasters look at one region in particular called the Niño3.4, monitoring a three-monthly average of the sea surface temperature compared to the long-term average.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
“I deserve long-term stability. Not short-term tricks and ploys,” Rosalba Montoya, a medical assistant at UCLA, said in a recent statement posted on the union’s social media.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
He did not view the clash between England and France for supremacy in Europe as a distant struggle far removed from America’s long-term national interest.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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