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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
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
In an Osorno guesthouse, eight-year-old María longs for her absent parents.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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
In an Osorno guesthouse, eight-year-old María longs for her absent parents.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for longs
ages
Noun
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Pertile’s Head Start program serves 85 children ages 3 to 5 and 30 families with pregnant mothers through age 3.—
Beki San Martin,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The contest is open to photographers of all ages.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Longs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longs. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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