long in coming

idiom

: not happening quickly
The changes were long in coming.

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After missing most of the first half of the current campaign due to injury, the left-hander hasn't been able to deliver what the New York Mets expect of him, and the consequences have not been long in coming. Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Sep. 2025 Once the agreement was announced, reactions were not long in coming. Elisabetta Tosi, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025 Huff’s opportunity to break bad was not long in coming. Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025 That said, critics of the law said its demise was long in coming. David Bloom, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for long in coming

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“Long in coming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20in%20coming. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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