—used to express the wish that someone will live for many years
Long live the Queen!
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Perfection is dead, long live perfection!—J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 Lester is dead, long live LESTR.—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025 And long live the rest of us horribly wonderful and glorious women.—Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025 Winner: Windows 11 AI Features Both Windows 10 and Windows 11 now come with the Microsoft Copilot app (long live Cortana).—PC Magazine, 2 June 2025 Before Prevost was announced as the next pope, marching bands and chants of long live the pope filled the roads to the Vatican, Sherlock tells Up First.—Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 May 2025 The social network is imposing a 30-day time limit on how long live videos can remain on Facebook.—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 18 Feb. 2025 Gone are the days of safe suits and boring accessories—long live individuality!—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
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