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long-run

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adj.1.relating to or extending over a relatively long time; as, the long-run significance of the elections.
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Adj.1.long-run - 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"
long-term, semipermanent
long - primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"


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* In the long-run, however, he did receive 50 pounds a year, as much as
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
Of course, of course,' replied the undertaker; 'and if I don't get a profit upon this or that particular article, why, I make it up in the long-run, you see--he
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
Battle within battle must ever be recurring with varying success; and yet in the long-run the forces are so nicely balanced, that the face of nature remains uniform for long periods of time, though assuredly the merest trifle would often give the victory to one organic being over another.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
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