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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Hers is about a princess who longs for a chance to escape duty and become an ordinary person.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
She doesn't want to emigrate like the millions who have fled Venezuela's economic crisis but longs for political and economic reform, saying everything is "too expensive", education is a "privilege", and non-exploitative jobs are rare.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Culhane’s Carlson longs for the “great American films like ‘Gone With the Wind’ or the first 20 minutes of ‘Forrest Gump.'”
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
He wrote on his Substack account recently: “I don’t have many longs but half of them have been in Japan.”
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
She only longs for them because she wanted someday to experience the love Ma and Pa have for one another.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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