the long run

noun

: a long period of time after the beginning of something

investing for the long run

Your solution may cause more problems over the long run.

It may be our best option in the long run.

This deal will cost you more in the long run.

Examples of the long run in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For healthcare providers, teaching kitchens may also present an opportunity to advance knowledge about GLP-1s, and how to safely sustain healthy eating in the long run, says Welch, of the Teaching Kitchens Collaborative. — Hope Hodge Deck, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

The specialists often won early, and the platforms won in the long run. — Yariv Cohen, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

But the alternative—the freedom to perpetually abandon difficult circumstances—is, in the long run, the more wearying path. — Meghan O’Gieblyn, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Greater state responsibility would also be better for fiscal sustainability in the long run. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the long run

• anyone
• everyone
• megaton
• overdone
• overrun
• begun
• grandson
• gudrun
• handgun
• homespun
• outdone
• outrun