long-range

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long-range (comparative longer-range, superlative longest-range)

  1. Operating, or capable of operating, over a great distance.
    Long-range missiles can shoot down any planes before they can even be seen.
    • 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport[1]:
      Carroll struck twice - the first a spectacular long-range strike - as Liverpool established a deserved three-goal lead by the interval and kept their own European ambitions alive with a vibrant display.
  2. Involving a great period of time.
    Long-range planning is not my specialty.
    • 1984 December 15, Charles Fuller, Henry Craig Chinn, “Black Men's Association of Boston”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 22, page 13:
      Where do you see the group going in the next few years? Do you have any long range plans?

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