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long-run

long·run

fairly common

adjective

1.

relating to or extending over a relatively long time

  • “the long-run significance of the elections”
  • “the long-term reconstruction of countries damaged by the war”
  • “a long-term investment”
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noun

1.

a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out

  • “in the long run we will win”
  • “in the long run we will all be dead”
  • “he performed well over the long haul”

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