The new law has done away with the long-standing custom.
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Long-standing
Synonyms for "long-standing" (63 found)
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Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
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28 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- дългогодишен adj (having existed for a long time)
- отдавнашен adj (having existed for a long time)
Finnish
1 entries- pitkäaikainen adj (having existed for a long time)
French
2 entries- ancien adj (having existed for a long time)
- de longue date adj (having existed for a long time)
German
4 entries- alt adj (having existed for a long time)
- altbewährt adj (having been done for long enough time to become convention)
- alteingeführt adj (having been done for long enough time to become convention)
- altgedient adj (having existed for a long time)
Hindi
1 entries- सनातन adj (having existed for a long time)
Italian
3 entries- di lunga data adj (having existed for a long time)
- di lunga durata adj (having existed for a long time)
- di vecchia data adj (having existed for a long time)
Latin
1 entries- inveterātus adj (having existed for a long time)
Māori
2 entries- mauki adj (having existed for a long time)
- tūroa adj (having existed for a long time)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- årelang adj (having existed for a long time)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- årelang adj (having existed for a long time)
Portuguese
1 entries- de longa data adj (having existed for a long time)
Spanish
1 entries- de larga data adj (having existed for a long time)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lâu đời adj (having existed for a long time)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
It is difficult to suddenly put aside a long-standing love.
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The high-density urban coastal corridor from Washington, DC, north to Boston is one of the most developed environments in the world, containing a massive, complex, and long-standing network of supporting infrastructure. The Northeast also has a vital rural component.
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This is a long-standing problem.
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