longs 1 of 2

plural of long

longs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of long

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of longs
Verb
There were handoffs on third-and-longs. Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2025 One longs to see a full scene of Candy in action onscreen or in a home video, rather than just snippets. Beandrea July, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025 This tells you that the profit-takers aren’t being super-aggressive and that the longs are staying put. Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025 If demand for longs is stronger, long traders pay the fee to short traders; if sentiment flips bearish, shorts pay longs instead. Nina Bambysheva, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 In an Osorno guesthouse, eight-year-old María longs for her absent parents. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025 Mine longs not for constant contact or suffocating devotion, but for a… partnership. Tj MacIas, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for longs
ages
Noun
  • All other ages were in single digits, SSA said.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Police discovered that two men, ages 37 and 41, had sustained gunshot wounds to the head.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Longs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longs. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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