"long run" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "long runs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "long run (usually uncountable, plural long runs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "in the long run"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "in it for the long run",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "It's a little more work up front, but it will save a lot of time in the long run.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, Jeremy J. Siegel, Stocks for the Long Run, McGraw Hill Professional",
          "text": "Stocks for the Long Run [title]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An extended period of time."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "extended",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) An extended period of time."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "long term"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "long run"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "in the long run"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "long runs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "long run (usually uncountable, plural long runs)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "in it for the long run",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "It's a little more work up front, but it will save a lot of time in the long run.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, Jeremy J. Siegel, Stocks for the Long Run, McGraw Hill Professional",
          "text": "Stocks for the Long Run [title]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An extended period of time."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) An extended period of time."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "long term"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
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