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adjective

long-term

CEFR B2

relating to or extending over a relatively long time

In a sentence

Six example sentences with long-term, each labelled with its topic.

  • A long-term bond pays less each year than the risk suggests, but it survives storms that wreck faster funds.

    Finance

  • Sprinting twice a week brings quick gains, but the long-term benefit comes from walking on all the other days.

    Fitness

  • The reef study is long-term by design, with divers photographing the same ten squares every March since 1994.

    Environment

  • Sleep helps move facts into long-term memory, which is why cramming until dawn yields so little by exam time.

    Psychology

  • The club offered the rookie a long-term deal, five seasons at a fixed salary, betting on growth over flexibility.

    Basketball

  • Investors asked about long-term margins, not next quarter's growth, and the founders had no slide for that.

    Startups

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