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In 17th century Salem, Massachusetts, the social divisions were long-standing.—Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025 Of course, India has a long-standing partnership with Russia.—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025 This was the perfect moment to reignite Gap’s long-standing history of portraiture — those iconic images that have always captured not just style, but identity.—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025 China is now focused on being seen not as a disrupter but as the defender of the international order, putting a new spin on its long-standing effort to secure a privileged position in existing institutions and to boost its capacity to set norms and rules inside them.—Jeffrey Prescott, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for long-standing
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