long view

British  

noun

1. the consideration of events or circumstances likely to occur in the future

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Example Sentences

Taking such a long view has become an annual practice for the Dodgers.

From Los Angeles Times

Rosandela Barbosa, port director for the CDP ports company of Para state, told AFP Belem was taking a long view.

From Barron's

That’s why the U.S. needs a long view that begins with a rebuilt bipartisan consensus around our approach to China and recognizes that neither a go-it-alone strategy nor a policy of accommodation has proved effective.

From The Wall Street Journal

With the ability to go out and get players, quickly, by paying them to come to campus, schools are no longer interested in taking the long view.

From The Wall Street Journal

He adds that Isaacson made him consider the long view of a biographer looking back on a person’s life and what his children would think of what he, in character, had done.

From Salon

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