decades-long

American  

[dek-aydz-lawng] / ˈdɛk eɪdzˌlɔŋ /

Or decadeslong

adjective

1. happening across or continuing for multiple decades.

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decades-long

“This transaction adds to our decades-long commitment to the country and is another example of our ability to provide flexible, efficient capital solutions to leading businesses around the world,” he added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

And Paramount’s chief of communications said it was a decades-long “CBS practice to invite government officials from both parties” to the Kennedy Center show.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Her set, which spanned her decades-long career, also featured hits such as Chain Reaction, Ain't No Mountain High Enough and Stop!

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

"Together, these two agreements lay the legal foundation for a decades-long, multi-billion-dollar partnership that advances several priority economic and strategic objectives, including nuclear nonproliferation," the department said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

In his last breaths, was he trying to tell me about the death of his adopted family—or admit to some tawdry, decades-long affair?

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs