Long-held

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Held (assumed, proposed, believed etc.) for a long period of time.

    "The illumination was organised by Martin Whyte from events company The Stage Group, fulfilling a long-held ambition of his to light up the 21-arch Scottish structure."

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"This new breed of renters challenges long-held assumptions that Americans rent a place to live primarily because they can't afford to buy a home."

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