as in forevers
a long or seemingly long period of time
they should be here before long
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Recent Examples of longs
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
In that production, Deborah Gilmour Smyth, Lamb’s’ associate artistic director, portrayed Jessie Mae Watts, Carrie’s testy daughter-in-law in the unhappy Houston home Carrie longs to leave.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
And while Mamdani longs for a future of free Big Apple trips, riders will instead be getting slapped with price hikes in a matter of days.
—Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
After all, with the sun, Venus and Mercury activating your expansive ninth house of wisdom and adventure, your curiosity longs for new experiences.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 Dec. 2025
Yessenia longs to have her own kitchen again, and space for everyone to spread out.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
But Engel is also watching for other signs bitcoin has hit its nadir this cycle, including higher net accumulation among long-term token holders and negative perpetual funding rates that would indicate leveraged longs have been flushed out of the market.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2025
Allen threw an interception, lost a fumble, took three sacks and — largely thanks to so many third-and-longs — absorbed a season-high seven QB hits.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
The Thing builds tension based on the premise that anyone, even your closest friend or partner, could be othered, transformed into a being that longs for your destruction.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2025
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Before long, the film will shift gears to a third main character, Madame Suman’s daughter-in-law Nat (a steely Davika Hoorne), who recently died of lung disease and longs for her still-living husband March (Witsarut Himmarat).
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
In that production, Deborah Gilmour Smyth, Lamb’s’ associate artistic director, portrayed Jessie Mae Watts, Carrie’s testy daughter-in-law in the unhappy Houston home Carrie longs to leave.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
And while Mamdani longs for a future of free Big Apple trips, riders will instead be getting slapped with price hikes in a matter of days.
—Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
After all, with the sun, Venus and Mercury activating your expansive ninth house of wisdom and adventure, your curiosity longs for new experiences.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 Dec. 2025
Yessenia longs to have her own kitchen again, and space for everyone to spread out.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
But Engel is also watching for other signs bitcoin has hit its nadir this cycle, including higher net accumulation among long-term token holders and negative perpetual funding rates that would indicate leveraged longs have been flushed out of the market.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2025
Allen threw an interception, lost a fumble, took three sacks and — largely thanks to so many third-and-longs — absorbed a season-high seven QB hits.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
The Thing builds tension based on the premise that anyone, even your closest friend or partner, could be othered, transformed into a being that longs for your destruction.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for longs
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Those tush-pushes can’t beat you if The Winter Soldier’s facing third-and-forevers.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
17 Jan. 2026
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These days, the best blushes for mature skin branch out from powder to include all sorts of hydrating, bounce-restoring formulas, and faces of all ages—and not only famous ones, of course—can benefit from the breadth of options available.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2026
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As the population ages and the number of college students declines, institutions of higher education are actively cultivating a crop of midlife and older students.—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Longs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longs. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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