as in forevers
a long or seemingly long period of time
they should be here before long
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Recent Examples of longs
Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
In that production, Deborah Gilmour Smyth, Lamb’s’ associate artistic director, portrayed Jessie Mae Watts, Carrie’s testy daughter-in-law in the unhappy Houston home Carrie longs to leave.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
And while Mamdani longs for a future of free Big Apple trips, riders will instead be getting slapped with price hikes in a matter of days.
—Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
After all, with the sun, Venus and Mercury activating your expansive ninth house of wisdom and adventure, your curiosity longs for new experiences.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 Dec. 2025
Yessenia longs to have her own kitchen again, and space for everyone to spread out.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
But Engel is also watching for other signs bitcoin has hit its nadir this cycle, including higher net accumulation among long-term token holders and negative perpetual funding rates that would indicate leveraged longs have been flushed out of the market.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2025
Allen threw an interception, lost a fumble, took three sacks and — largely thanks to so many third-and-longs — absorbed a season-high seven QB hits.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
The Thing builds tension based on the premise that anyone, even your closest friend or partner, could be othered, transformed into a being that longs for your destruction.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
James both longs for a family reckoning and does everything in his power to avoid one.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
In that production, Deborah Gilmour Smyth, Lamb’s’ associate artistic director, portrayed Jessie Mae Watts, Carrie’s testy daughter-in-law in the unhappy Houston home Carrie longs to leave.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
And while Mamdani longs for a future of free Big Apple trips, riders will instead be getting slapped with price hikes in a matter of days.
—Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
After all, with the sun, Venus and Mercury activating your expansive ninth house of wisdom and adventure, your curiosity longs for new experiences.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 Dec. 2025
Yessenia longs to have her own kitchen again, and space for everyone to spread out.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
But Engel is also watching for other signs bitcoin has hit its nadir this cycle, including higher net accumulation among long-term token holders and negative perpetual funding rates that would indicate leveraged longs have been flushed out of the market.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2025
Allen threw an interception, lost a fumble, took three sacks and — largely thanks to so many third-and-longs — absorbed a season-high seven QB hits.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
The Thing builds tension based on the premise that anyone, even your closest friend or partner, could be othered, transformed into a being that longs for your destruction.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for longs
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Those tush-pushes can’t beat you if The Winter Soldier’s facing third-and-forevers.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
17 Jan. 2026
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In 2024, when the biennial count showed an increase in unhoused young adults ages 18 to 24, for example, Heyhoe said advocates developed a new pilot program aimed at preventing youth homelessness.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
27 Jan. 2026
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Over a massive 13 years, the scientists focused on a small whale population in Alaska’s Bristol Bay, connecting genetic information on 623 individuals as well as observing their social groups and ages.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Longs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longs. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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