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a long or seemingly long period of time
they should be here before long
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Recent Examples of longs
Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2025
On the surface, Trump longs for grandeur.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Rice was the primary target, but seven players caught passes before halftime and a 44-yard strike to tight end Travis Kelce and 28-yard hookup with Noah Gray were season longs.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
Released in 2002, Real Women Have Curves starred a then-teenage Ferrera as Ana, a young Los Angeles woman who aspires to go to college, but whose mother (the late Lupe Ontiveros) longs for her daughter to stay home and lead a traditional life abiding by cultural standards.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
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
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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
On the surface, Trump longs for grandeur.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Rice was the primary target, but seven players caught passes before halftime and a 44-yard strike to tight end Travis Kelce and 28-yard hookup with Noah Gray were season longs.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
Released in 2002, Real Women Have Curves starred a then-teenage Ferrera as Ana, a young Los Angeles woman who aspires to go to college, but whose mother (the late Lupe Ontiveros) longs for her daughter to stay home and lead a traditional life abiding by cultural standards.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for longs
ages
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Tickets cost $28 for adults and $20 for children ages 3-12, with discounts available for military members and adults ages 65 and up.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Nov. 2025
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Fisher-Price 4-in-1 Activity Table Foster your little one’s motor skills with this activity table that allows babies ages 6 months and up to flip, slide, roll, spin, and press the buttons, wheels, and lights.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Longs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longs. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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