1
: relating to or fit for long distances
long-range rockets
2
: involving or taking into account a long period of time
long-range planning

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Wearing an unfashionable but marginally faster time-trial helmet, Van Uden held off Kooij with a long-range sprint to take a surprise win — and secure a hugely important point tally for Picnic PostNL. Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 19 May 2025 The White House said the deal would support 154,000 jobs in the U.S. each year of their production, totaling 1 million jobs over the deal's lifecycle, and that the deal represented the largest-ever order of 787 Dreamliners, a wide-body, long-range aircraft. Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 17 May 2025 The city’s brush-management investments surpass our long-range climate planning costs by millions of dollars. U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025 But in the assessment of infantry intelligence officer Andrii, a senior lieutenant who did not want to give his full name and who goes by the nom de guerre of Chrome, what Ukraine needs most are long-range weapons. Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for long-range

Word History

First Known Use

1809, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of long-range was in 1809

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“Long-range.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long-range. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

long-range

adjective
-ˈrānj
1
: relating to or fit for long distances
a long-range gun
2
: long-term
long-range planning

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