long-standing

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It finally answers a long-standing question about early mammal evolution.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

In a long-standing rumor, Sid and Marty were said to be fifth-generation puppeteers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Fawad Razaqzada, a market analyst at Forex.com, said: "The fundamental issue remains trust — or rather, the lack of it — between two long-standing adversaries who still appear some distance from common ground."

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Arguably the biggest, and certainly the most long-standing, bone of contention is nuclear.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Mathematicians ignored the logical and philosophical troubles with adding infinite zeros—especially since indivisibles or infinitesimals, as they came to be called, finally solved a long-standing puzzle: the problem of the tangent.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife