very long
Example Sentences
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That’s easier than asking people to commit to something very long all at once.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
“We would get together and have these very long conversations,” says director Rebecca Miller, who interviewed American cinema’s great poet of tortured masculinity over five years.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Anna Jewell, director of services, research and innovation at Pancreatic Cancer UK, said the treatments were "some of the most exciting developments we have seen in pancreatic cancer for a very long time".
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
“This is going to be a very regular thing for a very long period of time.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
They wouldn’t be on their own for very long.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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