longs
Britishplural noun
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full-length trousers
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long-dated gilt-edged securities
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finance unsold securities or commodities held in anticipation of rising prices
Example Sentences
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In Homer’s poem, the goddess Calypso rescues Odysseus from a shipwreck and keeps him on her island for seven years, even as he longs for Penelope and Ithaca.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
He longs for the ordinary moments he once shared with his children: taking them to the park, watching them wake up, and being part of their lives.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
Australian dollar “bulls may prefer to wait for a pullback toward 0.7200 before seeking fresh longs in anticipation of another attempt on 0.7300,” Simpson adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
“We are seeing some massive unwinds under the hood as popular longs get sold hard while laggards, heavily shorted names, and meme stocks rip,” Mizuho’s O’Regan said in commentary shared with MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
He longs for that time—the walk to the mill, the declaration of shared ambition, of understanding.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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