monthslong

adjective

months·​long ˈmən(t)ths-ˈlȯŋ How to pronounce monthslong (audio)
: lasting through several or many months
a monthslong delay
Federer goes on one of his monthslong winning benders …L. Jon Wertheim

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Columbia University has agreed to pay $221 million to settle its monthslong legal fight with the Trump administration, according to a statement from the Ivy League school. Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025 The tariffs helped propel a monthslong stretch of souring consumer sentiment, which also threatens the bottom line of sellers like Macy's. Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 May 2025 The monthslong mural festival begins next week when Mariela Ajras, who painted the mother-and-child portrait mural on The Wycliff building during the inaugural 2019 event, will paint two additional related murals at the same site to form a triptych. Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 19 May 2025 The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed officials, said the hackers likely used their monthslong covert access to monitor wiretap systems the companies employ on behalf of governmental agencies. ArsTechnica, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for monthslong

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of monthslong was in 1898

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“Monthslong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monthslong. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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