long-standing

adjective

long-stand·​ing ˈlȯŋ-ˈstan-diŋ How to pronounce long-standing (audio)
: of long duration
a long-standing dispute

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The very best pie was not from a famous restaurant or long-standing bakery. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 8 July 2025 On Tuesday afternoon, when the U.S. Homeland Security Department announced that churches would no longer be protected from immigration raids, upending a long-standing policy, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church's Rev. Jim Rigby was not surprised. Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 8 July 2025 The bolder value vision is in using new AI capabilities to solve long-standing inefficiencies or problems that may have been targeted before, albeit with inferior technology. Beena Ammanath, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025 Hospitality trends come and go, but the best hotels in the Irish capital are long-standing favorites among Travel + Leisure readers, who have voted for the same trio of classic Dublin hotels for four years and counting! Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for long-standing

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First Known Use

1655, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of long-standing was in 1655

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“Long-standing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long-standing. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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long-standing

adjective
long-stand·​ing
ˈlȯŋ-ˈstan-diŋ
: of long duration
a long-standing dispute

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