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long-term

Definition for long-term

adjective as in longitudinal

adjective as in overall

noun as in long run

Strongest match

long haul

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The mission statement by itself isn’t enough to hold the family together long-term, Webb said.

"The building itself is hardly fit for long-term habitation: sheet metal walls, shoddy construction, the look and feel of a temporary warehouse rather than a permanent facility," Santos wrote.

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So long-term investors were able to recover from some of their losses, while short sellers had limited time to react to the selloff.

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The software giant has massively boosted its long-term revenue targets, but the company isn’t saying much about how it will pay for the expensive expansion needed to generate such returns.

The researchers now aim to explore causal mechanisms more deeply through long-term, randomized and genetic trials with a focus on how sugar and its substitutes interact with the gut microbiome and influence liver disease.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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