Decades-long
adj
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Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Lasting multiple decades (i.e. greater than twenty years) not-comparable
Example
More examples"The proof of the futility of harsh drug laws is this: in the country that has come down the hardest on drugs and drug users, spending billions of dollars in a decades-long war on drugs, there have never been so many drug addicts."
Etymology
From decades + -long.
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