: having been so for a long time : long-standing
a longtime friend
a longtime friendship
Examples of longtime in a Sentence
the longtime chairman of the committee
longtime residents of the neighborhood
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Getting by with a little help from longtime obsessive Jackson’s production company, Disney+’s latest love-in restores this footage, and alongside breaking its six parts into eight, adds a ninth assembled from the cutting room floor.
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Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2025
John Robert Smith, former chairman of Amtrak’s board and longtime chair of Transportation for America, said the country’s failure to modernize its rail network stems from decades of policy neglect.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
In May 2020, ahead of his first season with the Raiders, Ruggs and his longtime girlfriend Je'nai Kilgo-Washington welcomed a daughter, Kenzli Re'Nai Ruggs, according to Las Vegas Review-Journal.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
The program also featured a tribute concert by longtime collaborator Enrico Pieranunzi and talks contextualizing the Maestro’s influence across contemporary cinema and sampling culture.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 25 Nov. 2025
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Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2025
John Robert Smith, former chairman of Amtrak’s board and longtime chair of Transportation for America, said the country’s failure to modernize its rail network stems from decades of policy neglect.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
In May 2020, ahead of his first season with the Raiders, Ruggs and his longtime girlfriend Je'nai Kilgo-Washington welcomed a daughter, Kenzli Re'Nai Ruggs, according to Las Vegas Review-Journal.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
The program also featured a tribute concert by longtime collaborator Enrico Pieranunzi and talks contextualizing the Maestro’s influence across contemporary cinema and sampling culture.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Longtime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/longtime. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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