How to Use take the long view in a Sentence
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Stacy would remind him to take the long view.
—Mirin Fader, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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And for those who questioned her career move, Gass urges them to take the long view.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2024
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If that means that pro-lifers have to take the long view, the movement has a lot of practice.
—The Editors, National Review, 14 June 2024
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Because his profession has prepared him to take the long view.
—Barton Swaim, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
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So does McDaniel take the long view or the short-I-must-try-to-keep my job view?
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
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Regardless, the defending champions would be wise to take the long view on their pass rush.
—Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2023
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That plan, to take the long view and favor the process over the results, helped the team win 10 of its first 14 games.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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Just as investors should focus on long-term outcomes, health care innovators must also take the long view.
—Eric M. Stone, STAT, 5 June 2020
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Frisco can only hope that voters take the long view, as its City Hall has, to ensure the best future for all.
—Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2022
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Manville and Ober urge defenders of liberal democracy to take the long view.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
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And for those partners willing to take the long view, this city offers real opportunity.
—Kevin Plank, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2026
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Markets naturally take the long view and shy away from uncertainty.
—Tenzin Seldon, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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The Lakers have pledged to take the long view this season with LeBron James at the front of that line.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2021
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Losing money feels twice as bad as making money feels good, but happy retirees know to take the long view rather than make decisions based on emotion.
—Wes Moss, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Ralph Rossum, who has also written a book about Thomas, said the justice once compared himself to a marathon runner who has to take the long view.
—Jessica Gresko, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2022
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Fredrik Olofsson, who was recalled from the Texas Stars before the game, tried to take the long view of the scoring issues.
—Stefan Stevenson, Dallas News, 18 Feb. 2023
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Wealthy countries ought to take the long view and act boldly to forgive the debts of poor countries and expand emergency financial assistance.
—Tarek Ghani, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2021
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Poker players tend to take the long view, speaking of tournament buy-ins as investments with a more or less predictable return when averaged over time.
—New York Times, 18 Jan. 2022
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Then take the long view – ideally looking at the last five phases of your high school career as the most important — and trust that patient work will lead to great running in high school, and beyond.
—Jay Johnson, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2021
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Johnson said students will likely need to attend summer school to catch up, but said state officials need to take the long view on how to close the racial achievement and opportunity gaps.
—Andrew Mollica, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2021
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While the likelihood of a global recession is not certain, commercial real estate professionals need to take the long view.
—Nikita Zhitov, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
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Life tenure enables the Justices to take the long view far more than is possible for a President or a member of Congress.
—The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
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The Chinese are said to take the long view of history, unlike their vacillation-prone American rivals.
—WSJ, 28 Dec. 2021
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Branding strategies in a post-pandemic world In that vein, take the long view of a recession and consider expanding the budget for your brand’s marketing.
—Rhett Power, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
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And as the fossil fuel producer with the highest per capita GDP in the world, Norway is better placed than most countries to take the long view.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 10 Sep. 2021
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But making the proposal is the only way to find out if Xi is prepared to take the long view and separate the nuclear discussion from the confrontation over Taiwan.
—Lewis A. Dunn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2024
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These connections endure beyond electoral cycles, transcend partisan divides and take the long view of history’s arc rather than reacting to breaking headlines.
—Stewart McLaurin, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
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Demographers habitually take the long view, because subtle changes in population trends may take 50 years or more to register statistically.
—Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 17 Sep. 2012
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For audiences inside China, Xi’s comments positioned China as a global superpower able to take the long view without compromising on key issues.
—Lyric Li, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
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But take the long view and Aprils are growing warmer, according to Climate Central, a nonprofit research organization that compiles and analyzes weather and climate data.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2024
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