long-standing
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The break from long-standing tradition was real, but it should not have been entirely surprising.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Serbia's long-standing leader Aleksandar Vučić has conceded defeat to the student-led protest movement in the country's parliamentary election.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
A remarkably preserved 150-million-year-old bird fossil discovered in China is challenging long-standing ideas about how birds evolved.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
She also spoke of her long-standing terror of needles, calling it “torture” when she had to give blood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
In a gamble, Massasoit intended to abandon, even reverse, a long-standing policy.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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