Definition of longtime
:having been so for a long time :long-standing
- a longtime friend
- a longtime friendship
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Examples of longtime in a Sentence
the longtime chairman of the committee
longtime residents of the neighborhood
Recent Examples of longtime from the Web
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Crider said, relaying the gentle ribbing of his longtime friend.
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Both brothers are happily in relationships, with Drew Scott planning a wedding to his longtime girlfriend, Linda Phan.
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Longtime perusers of This Space might note that these two Mobsters are frequent sparring partners in the comments section (which for years was fantastic, until Mother Gannett ruined it by adding a paywall and requiring a Facebook login.)
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Getting slightly younger people into Medicare, the federal program for the disabled and Americans 65 and older, is a longtime goal of Democrats.
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Edelstein was a longtime friend of the Kelly clan, who hailed from East Falls.
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A neighbor delivered him, his longtime girlfriend, Rose Marie Carpenter, and her dog, Maggie May, to dry ground — first in a truck, and then in a boat.
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A longtime admirer of Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett, Wilson now has the fifth-year senior behind center.
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But both Ms. Duffy and G. Terry Madonna, a political scientist at Franklin & Marshall College who is a longtime observer of politics in Pennsylvania, say Mr. Casey will be tough to beat.
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First Known Use of longtime
1851
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