the long term

noun

: a long period of time after the beginning of something

She is investing for the long term.

I think it's the better choice over the long term.

an investment that should do well in the long term

These changes may improve profits now, but they are going to cost us money in the long term.

Examples of the long term in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As the graphic above shows, such attacking output fluctuates over time and Forest’s form in front of goal last season is highly unlikely to be sustainable in the long term. —Mark Carey, New York Times, 30 June 2025

From a policy and regulatory perspective, [U.S. changes] do affect things in the short term, but not really in the long term. —Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025

In the long term, industry leadership may no longer be reserved solely for companies with the most resources but rather for those that excel at connecting diverse innovation forces and facilitating efficient value flow within the innovation ecosystem. —Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 30 June 2025

The biggest drawdowns on those reserves were to make extra pension payments designed to keep the four major pension funds afloat and reduce payments in the long term. —A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025

Rhymes for the long term

• disaffirm
• ectoderm
• endoderm
• endosperm
• interfirm
• isotherm
• mesoderm
• periderm
• reaffirm
• affirm
• bookworm
• confirm