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Noun: long run
  1. A period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out
    "in the long run we will win"; "in the long run we will all be dead";
    - long haul
Adjective: long-run
  1. Relating to or extending over a relatively long time
    "the long-run significance of the elections";
    - long-term, semipermanent

Derived forms: long runs

See also: long

Type of: period, period of time, time period, time span

Encyclopedia: Long run

Long-run