How to Use decades-long in a Sentence

decades-long

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• Trends have been bucked, decades-long waits have been ended.
  — Beren Cross, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
• And with that began the decades-long myth that ducks would crash land on the field.
  — Shaun Goodwin may 25, Idaho Statesman, 25 May 2026
• This is a decades-long downward spiral.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025
• The unsung hero's act of kindness led to a decades-long friendship.
  — Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
• Throughout their decades-long love story, the pair have weathered ups and downs.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
• Their parents rushed back home, and the decades-long search for Wendy began.
  — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
• Burstyn’s decades-long career spans film, stage and television.
  — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 July 2026
• The decades-long sleuthing has been phenomenal.
  — Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
• The trauma of that day forced her to leave a decades-long career in television news.
  — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
• The core of this searching novel is a many-decades-long love between two women.
  — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
• The nod is Hudson's second in her decades-long career.
  — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
• For these two, forming a connection through hate led to a decades-long friendship.
  — Jessica Leon, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
• Dailor aslo reflected on the band’s decades-long journey with Hinds.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 23 Aug. 2025
• The guest spot marked his first time on a soap opera over his illustrious decades-long career.
  — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
• First, try the bar at Melvyn’s, a decades-long institution.
  — Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
• On May 14, his decades-long legal saga took a turn when he was released on bond.
  — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
• These are decades-long policy decisions gone bad.
  — Mansoor Shams, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2026
• Read more from Damian on the decades-long journey that got the pill to Bristol.
  — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026
• Read my story from last month for more details about the decades-long push to end this practice and shut down the center.
  — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 10 July 2026
• Here are nine key moments from her decades-long political career.
  — Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023
• On top of the ongoing, decades-long drought in the region, all of Colorado is in a snow drought too.
  — Rebecca Boyle, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
• And of course the Leafs were mired in a decades-long Cup drought that’s probably ended since.
  — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
• Sean Payton is stepping into a new phase of his decades-long head coaching career.
  — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2026
• While best known for his acting work, Quaid has also pursued a decades-long music career.
  — Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
• The movie marks the second feature-length film Depp has directed in his decades-long career.
  — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
• Trump declared the decades-long trade deficit itself to be a national emergency.
  — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
• The group was embroiled in a decades-long conflict with the Colombian government.
  — Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 3 May 2026
• The stories are plucked from different periods in her decades-long career.
  — Sky Davis, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026
• Slot that in as the second-most impressive achievement in James’ decades-long career.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
• Kirby said that an impromptu office nap is his trick to staying sharp over his decades-long career in business.
  — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026