long experience
noun
: a long period of time during which a person has done something (such as a job)
someone with long experience in the UN
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Did the episode stand out to you in the long, long experience of the production?
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Daniel D'addario, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Her long experience guiding enterprise go-to-market strategies positions her as a crucial bridge between technology innovations and customer needs.
—Melody Brue, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The former stems from an understanding of those countries’ long experience as empires.
—Ronald Suny, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2025
Morris Goldfarb, who’s been CEO of G-III for more than 50 years, put all of his long experience in to fill the hole that would be left when PVH ultimately walked away with about half of his business.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 21 July 2025
The sources, including one former staffer with long experience of transportation on the Hill, added that appropriating more on top of the reconciliation law’s $12.5 billion to reach even $20 billion could be challenging unless Congress passes another reconciliation or supplemental bill.
—Cq Roll Call, Boston Herald, 14 July 2025
Lynch, a former ironworker and union leader, is touting his long experience of investigative work on the committee.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 23 June 2025
The history of the papal name Leo While it is often said cardinal electors would always shy away from choosing a pope from the United States, because of America’s outsized global political influence, Prevost’s long experience in Peru may have mitigated those fears among the electors.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
Similarly, those who hold the title Pentagon chief of staff also have long experience.
—Quil Lawrence, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
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Daniel D'addario, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Her long experience guiding enterprise go-to-market strategies positions her as a crucial bridge between technology innovations and customer needs.
—Melody Brue, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The former stems from an understanding of those countries’ long experience as empires.
—Ronald Suny, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2025
Morris Goldfarb, who’s been CEO of G-III for more than 50 years, put all of his long experience in to fill the hole that would be left when PVH ultimately walked away with about half of his business.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 21 July 2025
The sources, including one former staffer with long experience of transportation on the Hill, added that appropriating more on top of the reconciliation law’s $12.5 billion to reach even $20 billion could be challenging unless Congress passes another reconciliation or supplemental bill.
—Cq Roll Call, Boston Herald, 14 July 2025
Lynch, a former ironworker and union leader, is touting his long experience of investigative work on the committee.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 23 June 2025
The history of the papal name Leo While it is often said cardinal electors would always shy away from choosing a pope from the United States, because of America’s outsized global political influence, Prevost’s long experience in Peru may have mitigated those fears among the electors.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
Similarly, those who hold the title Pentagon chief of staff also have long experience.
—Quil Lawrence, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Long experience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20experience. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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