Definition of "long-term" []

• Involving, maturing after, or being in effect for a long time: a long-term investment. (adjective)

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• "This was back in the '80s and '90s when the phrase "long-term AIDS survivor" was still a dream."
• "Instead, the violence arises out of what he calls long-term structural problems around getting people to invest in "normative societal values.""
• "Saracens have announced the signing of England wing Chris Ashton on what they describe as a "long-term contract"."