long-form
adjective
variants
or less commonly longform
: notably long in form in comparison to what is common or typical for works or content of a particular category
Making Michael Jackson's Thriller … spawned the long-form music video.—
Paul Taublieb
Paul TaubliebHis compositions are long-form; by a comparative ratio to most piano players, there's not much soloing. Like good long-form structures, they don't always strike you as such; the written parts ease into solos without giving notice.—Ben Ratliff
Ben Ratliff
especially, journalism
: covering a subject at much greater length and in much greater depth than a standard news article
Long-form and investigative stories were replaced by short, searchable bursts of information. —Adam Weinstein
Adam Weinstein Mine was a world made new by memoir and biography, investigative journalism and longform essay. —E. Ce Miller
E. Ce Miller Examples of long-form in a Sentence
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Column One Column One is The Times’ home for narrative and long-form journalism.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
Sources said that long-form stories got good traffic, as did deeply reported service pieces, like detailed gear reviews.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
In an era in which much political content preaches to the choir, and comes in rabid, bite-size chunks, a long-form history podcast may seem like an absurdly cumbersome way to push a message.
—Joseph Bernstein, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Few storytellers understand this as well as Whiteley, television’s dean of long-form sports documentaries with the Last Chance U football and basketball editions, Cheer, Wrestlers and, most recently, America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
Sources said that long-form stories got good traffic, as did deeply reported service pieces, like detailed gear reviews.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
In an era in which much political content preaches to the choir, and comes in rabid, bite-size chunks, a long-form history podcast may seem like an absurdly cumbersome way to push a message.
—Joseph Bernstein, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Few storytellers understand this as well as Whiteley, television’s dean of long-form sports documentaries with the Last Chance U football and basketball editions, Cheer, Wrestlers and, most recently, America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Long-form.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long-form. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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