long-term

[ˌlɔːŋ ˈtɜːrm]

Definition:
1. Relating to or extending over a relatively long time.

Use 'long-term' in a sentence:

1. It's important for the long-term success of any diet that you vary your meals.
2. The long-term future of the space programme hangs in the balance.
3. The company is just starting to reap the rewards of long-term investments.
4. There have been peaks and troughs in the long-term trend of unemployment.
5. We don't know about the long-term consequences.
6. They want their parents to have access to affordable long-term care.
7. Many people have begun looking for long-term ways to rein in spending.
8. I never had a long-term relationship as I wasn't good enough, or interesting or amenable enough.
9. In cases where it proves difficult to place a child, the reception centre provides long-term care.
10. Testing needs to be done to determine the long-term effects on humans.
11. They have good long-term memories.
12. This is something of a grudge match against a long-term enemy.
13. Experts say testing needs to be done on each contaminant to determine the long-term effects on humans.
14. Firms should be allowed to offer jobs to the long-term unemployed at a lower wage.
15. We need long-term solutions, not short-term Band-Aid ones.
16. The committees must develop incentive compensation policies to emphasize long-term performance.
17. Other skin cancers are increasingly likely with long-term exposure.
18. Armstrong is uncertain where his long-term future lies.
19. His two main rivals suffer the disadvantage of having been long-term political exiles.
20. Taking long-term courses of certain medicines may increase vulnerability to infection.
21. The association believes new technology will provide a long-term solution to credit card fraud.
22. The creation of an efficient and sustainable transport system is critical to the long-term future of London.
23. They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects.
24. Welfare has become identified with the long-term poor, the underclass.
25. An efficient transport system is critical to the long-term future of London.
26. Elephants establish long-term friendships, recognizing and remembering their friends years later.
27. Long-term stock market investments have produced superior returns compared with cash deposits.
28. She was dumped by her long-term lover after five years.
29. They would have to offer cast-iron guarantees to invest in long-term projects.
30. Massage isn't a long-term cure for stress.
31. The company is only just starting to reap the rewards of long-term investments.
32. It exposes the fallacy of short-term industrial gain at long-term environmental expense.
33. Luckily he had insured himself against long-term illness.
34. The long-term unemployed are becoming a new underclass.
35. Most governments simply leave the long-term jobless to rot.
36. If bad posture becomes habitual, you risk long-term effects.
37. The company is buffered by long-term contracts with growers.
38. Thousands of young people are facing long-term unemployment.
39. Long-term prospects for the economy have improved.
40. In regard to disaster activity, long-term partnerships are ideal.
41. You need to set yourself some long-term goals.
42. A new training scheme to help the long-term unemployed is expected.
43. He's the linchpin of our team and crucial to my long-term plans.
44. Stress is often a factor in the development of long-term sickness.
45. The long-term future of the country rests on how we teach our children.
46. I don't want to do anything that will involve me in a long-term commitment.
47. Businesses will have to aim at long-term growth.