in the long run

  • 1The Long Run — Infobox Album | Name = The Long Run Type = Album Artist = Eagles Released = September 24, 1979 Recorded = 1978 1979 at Bayshore Recording Studio, Coconut Grove, FL, One Step Up Recording Studio,Los Angeles, CA Love n Comfort Recording Studio, Los …

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  • 2At the long run — Run Run, n. 1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run. [1913 Webster] 2. A small stream; a brook; a creek. [1913 Webster] 3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain …

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  • 3In the long run — Run Run, n. 1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run. [1913 Webster] 2. A small stream; a brook; a creek. [1913 Webster] 3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain …

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  • 4In the long run — Long Long, a. [Compar. {Longer}; superl. {Longest}.] [AS. long, lang; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr, Sw. l[*a]ng, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. [root]125. Cf. {Length}, {Ling} a fish, {Linger}, {Lunge}, {Purloin}.] 1. Drawn …

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  • 5in the long run — {adv. phr.} In the end; in the final result. * /John knew that lie could make a success of the little weekly paper in the long run./ * /You may make good grades by studying only before examinations, but you will succeed in the long run only by… …

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  • 6in the long run — {adv. phr.} In the end; in the final result. * /John knew that lie could make a success of the little weekly paper in the long run./ * /You may make good grades by studying only before examinations, but you will succeed in the long run only by… …

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  • 7The common run — Run Run, n. 1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run. [1913 Webster] 2. A small stream; a brook; a creek. [1913 Webster] 3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain …

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  • 8Long Run Massacre — The Long Run Massacre occurred on September 13 1781 at the intersection of Floyd s Fork creek with Long Run Creek, along the Falls Trace, a trail, in what is now eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky. A day earlier, settlers at Painted Stone Station …

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  • 9long-run — adj. 1. relating to or extending over a relatively long time; as, the long run significance of the elections. Syn: long term. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 10Long-run — In economic models, the long run time frame assumes no fixed factors of production. Firms can enter or leave the marketplace, and the cost (and availability) of land, labor, raw materials, and capital goods can be assumed to vary. In contrast, in …

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