a long time coming
idiom
: arriving or happening after a lot of time has passed
His promotion was a long time coming.
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Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
How 'Weather Hunters' Makes Weather Fun Bringing together animation with weather was a long time coming for Roker.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 1 Sep. 2025
The guardrail project is a long time coming.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Adorno, originally from Connecticut, left the US for France last October, and admits that this decision had been a long time coming.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
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“A long time coming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20long%20time%20coming. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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