long-term

Example Sentences

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Urban design today largely rests in the hands of state agencies because long-term foresight and expertise are crucial for properly using scarce land.

From BBC

I had a large sale of Apple in 2025 that put some of my long-term capital gains in the 20% capital-gains tax bracket that Grok missed the first time I posed the problem.

From The Wall Street Journal

Army has only seven operational Thaad batteries in total, including two that are based long-term in Guam and South Korea.

From The Wall Street Journal

The number of long-term investigations published by outlets with the resources to fund such pursuits has dwindled fast.

From Salon

Now troops are massing near the border region, raising concerns that Ethiopia’s long-term ambitions will feed into a long-running conflict with ethnic Tigrayan rebels, who dominate the Ethiopian side of the frontier.

From The Wall Street Journal