Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having existed or persisted for a long time.
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- adjective Having endured for a long period of time.
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- adjective of long duration
Etymologies
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Examples
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Cuomo said that he has unearthed what he calls a longtime Albany secret that quietly and drastically increases spending in a flawed budget process.
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Mr. Rosen, who was one of the three founders of Amalgamated in 2003, is leaving to pursue what he described as his longtime interests in public affairs and progressive politics.
NYT > Home Page By STUART ELLIOTT 2011
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But Banderas assumed it referred to his longtime friend and the director of the film, Pedro Almodovar, and happily launched into an answer.
Marshall Fine: Interview: Antonio Banderas Talks About Plastic Surgery Marshall Fine 2011
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But Banderas assumed it referred to his longtime friend and the director of the film, Pedro Almodovar, and happily launched into an answer.
Marshall Fine: Interview: Antonio Banderas Talks About Plastic Surgery Marshall Fine 2011
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But Banderas assumed it referred to his longtime friend and the director of the film, Pedro Almodovar, and happily launched into an answer.
Marshall Fine: Interview: Antonio Banderas Talks About Plastic Surgery Marshall Fine 2011
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In 2006 elections, the Haitian masses voted in longtime Aristide ally René Préval as president.
Think Progress » Chavez Attacks U.S. Efforts In Haiti: ‘They Are Occupying Haiti Undercover’ 2010
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Mr. Uffelman plans to discuss his concerns with members of Nevada's congressional delegation, including Sen. Reid, whom he described as a longtime ILC supporter.
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The Marriott ethic in their hotels is hospitality par excellante, and the company trains and treats its employees better than any I know as a longtime traveler.
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It's the term a longtime senior Israeli defense adviser used in a conversation with me a few months ago: a military effort to crush Palestinian resistance for a generation.
Israel's Endgame 2008
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After each fight, he calls his longtime girlfriend,
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