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1. A period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out
   "in the long run we will win"; "in the long run we will all be dead";
   - long haul

1. Relating to or extending over a relatively long time
   "the long-run significance of the elections";
   - long-term, semipermanent

Derived forms: long runs

See also: long

Type of: period, period of time, time period, time span

Encyclopedia: Long run