long run

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Survey respondents said they now expect inflation to land at 3.9% in the long run, a big increase from 3.5% in April.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"In the long run, it may well be competing to become the container handling hub in the entire Indo-Pacific region," Joshi said, rivalling Singapore and Malaysia's Port Klang.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

“In the long run, fossil fuels will be used for petrochemicals and not for burning,” Cohen told me.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

"It's quite important to expand this to the Asian population so that in the long run, the results can benefit us too," he said.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

I kept working the shutter, getting angles we didn’t need, even though I’d long run out of film.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee