How to Use the long term in a Sentence

the long term

noun
  • But there is much at stake, both in the short term and the long term.
    Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Tamir says in the long term, even the most wealthy will suffer.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune, 18 Mar. 2024
  • In the long term, this is the safest course for a democracy to take.
    Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Investing in stocks and bonds is one of the best ways to build wealth over the long term.
    Mallika Mitra, wsj.com, 11 Oct. 2023
  • And in the long term, the aim is to help Uvalde learn more about itself – and grow as a result.
    Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Catching and killing them does little in the long term.
    Madeleine Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 27 July 2023
  • Members have said that the cap would save $3 trillion over the long term.
    Adam Shaw, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Now, talks about what to do in the long term are underway.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Citi is betting on tech to create growth in the long term.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The first is through the property value, which tends to climb over the long term.
    Travis Forman, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • How these challenges play out in the long term is unclear.
    Marley Jay, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • But in the long term, the United States needs to look beyond just Iran and the Palestinians.
    Maria Fantappie and Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 20 Nov. 2023
  • But over the long term, lacking a high school degree can hold men back.
    Carolyn Thompson, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2023
  • So over the long term, Threads could be another boon for Mastodon.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 5 July 2023
  • There’s little doubt that the Lions will attempt to re-sign Goff for the long term.
    Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
  • As a result, they will be locked in a tense confrontation for the long term.
    Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 13 July 2023
  • This won’t do in the long term, so a business decision was made.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Keep in Mind Gas tools have more maintenance demands and costs in the long term.
    Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2023
  • What would Ortiz’s pitch be to Ohtani about staying in Boston for the long term?
    Khari Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
  • But in the long term, these dynamics can spell the end of a Veblen good’s power.
    Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2024
  • But in the long term, or if covered up, this could be dangerous.
    Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Employees say the pay isn’t enough to attract or keep people for the long term.
    Ben Botkin, oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2023
  • So designers must make the case for a net benefit over the long term.
    George Musser, Scientific American, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Even people who work on AI aren’t sure exactly what it will be used for in the long term.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The trend of new business creation could bode well for the economy in the long term, Pardue said.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • In the long term, some could change your brain structure, explains McCall.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
  • And some of the heat-tempering tactics that are helping the creatures cope now could speed their demise in the long term.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 Aug. 2023
  • History shows that the smart campaigns are always thinking about both the short term and the long term.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The market, over the long term, is the playground for confident investors.
    Nicole Gull McElroy, Fortune, 13 July 2023
  • The use of ink bottles rather than ink cartridges lowers running costs over the long term as well.
    David Nield / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024

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