longstanding
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Giuffra added: "We are hopeful that this will be yet another step forward to educate and support the Cornell community by addressing the longstanding scourge of sexual assault on campus."
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
The findings challenge a longstanding assumption in paleontology that molecules associated with blood, particularly those derived from hemoglobin, could not remain preserved across such enormous periods of time.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
To succeed, you would need to show that your father had an established, longstanding estate plan that the final outcome contradicted.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
The dispute reflects longstanding tensions in an industry that employs more than four million people but has been dogged by complaints over pay, working conditions and labour rights.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
I mention the recent, widely publicized remarks of Elphias Doge, Special Advisor to the Wizengamot and longstanding friend of Albus Dumbledore’s, that “Skeeter’s book contains less fact than a Chocolate Frog card.”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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