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long-standing

adjective

  1. existing or in effect for a long time

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"My own position is long-standing and well-known in relation to it," he said.

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Is this going to have a long-standing effect on the way politics is done in Minneapolis?

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing for the majority, relied on a long-standing common-law principle known as “relation forward,” the idea that a premature filing can become effective once the triggering event occurs.

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Infrastructure projects and one-off developments are funded in a different way but there are long-standing calls for the system as a whole to be reformed.

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He reiterated that the UK had "long-standing concerns" about Iran's nuclear programme and recognised Israel's right to self-defence.

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