long-term

Example Sentences

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"One of the long-term things that changed was people's attitude," said Nick Ainger, the area's MP at the time.

From BBC

Homeownership has long been many Americans’ primary strategy for generating long-term wealth, both because home values generally increase over time and because paying down a mortgage is a way of forcing people to save.

From The Wall Street Journal

There are certainly lessons about having a plan and a strategy, buying in cross-party support for long-term decisions, and involving public and private sectors.

From BBC

“A number of long-term investors out there are responding to excessive share valuations in a number of sectors,” John Blank, chief economist at Zacks Investment Research, said over email.

From MarketWatch

This suggests that although the Wall Street tradition is to set a 12-month target, the analysts have longer-term horizons in mind when assigning ratings.

From MarketWatch