"in the long term" meaning in English

See in the long term in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-in the long term.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=in the long term}} in the long term, {{en-PP|head=in the long term}} in the long term
  1. (idiomatic) After a very long time; eventually; over a long period of time; more generally. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: in the long run
    Sense id: en-in_the_long_term-en-prep_phrase-jomq-9VN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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