in the long run
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in the long run
- (idiomatic) After a very long time; eventually; over a long period of time; more generally.
- 1923, John Maynard Keynes, chapter 3, in A Tract on Monetary Reform, page 80:
- But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.
- 1951, Arthur C. Clarke, The Exploration of Space, page 111:
- If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run — and often in the short one — the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.
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- long term (noun), long-term (adj)
- short term (noun), short-term (adj)
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eventually
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