long-standing

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By the end of the month, long-standing partner Adidas had cut ties with West, saying it does "not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech".

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

However, Russia, a long-standing ally of Iran, as well as China could still veto the text.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The findings help answer a long-standing question in evolutionary biology.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

As Coleman notes, “I would see if it’s part of a long-standing pattern and think about the psychological cost to you.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 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