- comparative of long.
longer
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Responding to Gordon's comments, Skaith said the Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region, which has had devolved powers for longer, had worked "really well".
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
“But, for sure, now we have a whole wave of small customers who no longer have that option available and would like to leverage ours. And we’re more than happy to help if we can.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 20, 2026
Faux, who has been covering the currency much longer than I have, told me he has “given up predicting what’s going to happen to Bitcoin’s price.”
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
The Trailseeker has a slightly longer roof and a more wagon-like hatch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
It was no longer a prison, but a home where people who had been warped by this philosophy of hate and force could come to learn another way.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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