longstanding

[ lawng-stan-ding, long- ]

adjective

1. existing or occurring for a long time:

   a longstanding feud.

   Synonyms: long-lasting, lasting, enduring

Word History and Origins

Origin of longstanding¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; long ¹ + standing

Example Sentences

On Wednesday, however, the NBA decreed that “all teams will play the national anthem in keeping with longstanding league policy.”

From Washington Post

Google announced that, beginning on April 6, it will start enforcing its longstanding policy of requiring merchants to show the price of an item from their Google Merchant feed on their e-commerce page, all the way through the checkout process.

From Search Engine Land

Simultaneously, people are recognizing the longstanding weaknesses and inequalities of America’s medical system.

From Vox

In addition, as part of the company’s longstanding partnership with The Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Apple is also now offering scholarships to 100 new Apple Scholars from underrepresented communities.

From Essence.com

Gloria was also direct about the longstanding nature of those budget issues, and dinged Faulconer for his role in them.

From Voice of San Diego

Around half the Baluch in the province are unemployed, a result, say rights groups, of longstanding marginalization by Tehran.

From The Daily Beast

But in 1969, a longstanding practice was challenged—its ban on women.

From The Daily Beast

So maybe we should take a lesson from women with brass ovaries: comedy and feminism are longstanding bedfellows.

From The Daily Beast

From Joan Rivers to Marlo Thomas to Lena Dunham, comedy and feminism have been longstanding bedfellows.

From The Daily Beast

A friendship or a smile cannot move longstanding, deeply held beliefs.

From The Daily Beast

David Hulse, junior author, is a native of Decatur, and his interest in archaeology is as longstanding as Cambron's.

From Project Gutenberg

Even longstanding members of the party have been publicly criticized for subscribing to religious views and practices.

From Project Gutenberg

At the age of seventy-three he succumbed to a longstanding asthma.

From Project Gutenberg

Fatia Negra is a guest of longstanding at the hut in the ice valley, and never goes thither empty handed.

From Project Gutenberg

An infusion of fresh blood is sometimes the best remedy for longstanding disease and weakness, especially in social organizations.

From Project Gutenberg