long-standing
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Creative stewardship has passed from long-standing producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson to Amazon MGM.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Those impressive numbers, along with the market’s long-standing tendency to overlook geopolitics, helps to explain why the index is sitting near record highs despite the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
The Federal Emergency Management Agency had refused repeatedly to pay for post-cleanup soil testing and broke from long-standing California fire recovery protocols that are intended to protect returning residents from toxic substances.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Still, long-standing constraints on yuan use remain, including restrictions on capital convertibility and financial market access.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
The Theorem rests upon the validity of my long-standing argument that the world contains precisely two kinds of people: Dumpers and Dumpees.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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