at length
Idioms-
In full, extensively. For example, The preacher went on at length about sin , or I have read at length about these cameras . [c. 1500]
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After a long time, finally, as in At length the procession ended . [Early 1500s] Also see in the long run .
Example Sentences
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The two men spoke at length about building students’ problem-solving skills.
It’s not homelessness, a lack of housing or the state’s increasing unaffordability, all of which have been documented at length.
From Los Angeles Times
If you let him, Alasdair Day, the co-founder and master distiller, will speak at length about oak species and cask types—I particularly enjoyed a limited release aged in Sicilian Marsala wine casks.
I spoke to her at length in December about how it’s different and the ways in which AI is central to the change.
And if this was what it took to rebuild, and to make Molly happy, and she swore at length never to appear on camera, there were worse things.
From Literature
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