for a long time
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Don’t look for it in the cloud numbers; Amazon’s performance obligations carry a weighted-average term of 6.4 years, so nothing that happens this year will show there for a long time.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
"Consumers are still buying hardware first, and it's going to be like that for a long time," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
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- since the dawn of time
- since forever
- for a hot minute
- for an extended period
- for a good while
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- for a sec
- in the blink of an eye
