Meaning of long-running | Babel Free

Definitions

Operating for a relatively extended period of time.

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Examples

“The long-running play⟳ finally closed on Broadway, just short of setting a record⟳ for longest playing.”

“Services on SWR's neighbour Southern were badly disrupted for nearly 40 days in 2016-17 following a long-running dispute involving drivers union ASLEF and the RMT. And it's passengers - the very people the railway is there for - who are caught in the middle.”

“It’s one of the world’s longest-running experiments, having already gone on for 142 years. And the botanists in East Lansing hope⟳ that it will last⟳ for at least another 80.”

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