long-standing

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According to the team, both taste preferences and long-standing habits may drive the urge to add salt.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

During sentencing at Northampton Crown Court, prosecutor Adrian Langdale KC described the defendant's friendship with Glynn as a "long-standing imbalanced relationship".

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Co-CEO Erik Hirsch defends the accounting practice as long-standing industry standard, with 70% of returns from asset appreciation.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Crime and homelessness are down, and a long-standing brickyard will soon make way for a mixed-use development.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Mark Antony’s behavior in Alexandria stirred up Rome’s long-standing contempt for Cleopatra and her exotic ways.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby