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long
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long (Delayed), adjective continued, day after day, dilatory, dragged out, drawn out, endless, enduring, eternal, forever and a day, hour after hour, interminable, long drawn-out, marathon, overlong, perpetual, protracted, sustained delay, unending delay, without end
Foreign phrases: Longa possession jus parit.Long possessions begets what is right.
long (Lengthy), adjective boundless, broad, day after day, deep, distant, elongate, elongated, enduring, eternal, expanded, expansive, extended, extensive, faraway, far-off, far-reaching, far-seeing, forever and a day, great, hour after hour, interminable, large, lengthened, limitless, lofty, outstretched, perpetual, remote, spread out, stretched out, stretching, sustained, unending, widespread, without end
Associated concepts: long arm of the law, long term
See also: prolix, protracted, sesquipedalian


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``The governor is taking the long view, so that for those people who will succeed this governor and this Legislature down the road, they won't be faced with a pension liability crisis that threatens not only the state budget, but threatens benefits for future state employees.
Despite the frustrations and delays, commuter Tomlin said he's taking the long view.
Taking the long view, that's when singles started being phased out as a consumer option, something that was effectively accomplished over the past several years.
 
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