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- verb To be
possessed withlonging . - verb transitive To
keep orcontinue longer ;prolong .
Etymologies
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Examples
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If socialism inherently requires massive coercion and repression, any socialist system is unlikely to stay democratic forlong.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism 2010
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If socialism inherently requires massive coercion and repression, any socialist system is unlikely to stay democratic forlong.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism 2010
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Irrational editorial preferences that merely eliminate grammatical alternatives are viable, like which-hunting, but those that create obviously ungrammatical outcomes are unlikely to survive forlong.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Trying Too Hard? [UPDATE: Or Maybe Just Making a One-Off Mistake] 2009
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If it kills other countries people it tends not to be tolerated forlong.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why the Neglect of Communist Crimes Matters 2009
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The primary activity of “anti-AGW partisans” seems to be to criticise and nitpick GW studies of others, and not to do any original work themselves or at least any such work that stands up forlong.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Data Sharing and Climate Change Research 2009
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Those few who are indifferent to profits are unlikely to stay in business forlong.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is Federalist Society Membership an Obstacle to Getting Law Firm Jobs? 2009
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Busy looping forlong periods of time in a high priority process willmost likely cause problems, since there are important serversin OTP running on priority
Hiveminds Magazine 2009
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It’s unlikely that such a system could persist forlong.
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It’s unlikely that such a system could persist forlong.
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Too often, people who disagree can’t stay in the same room forlong.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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