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in the long run

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in the long/short run
a long or short time in the future It means spending a bit now, but in the long run it'll save us a lot of money. Although prices may rise in the short run, they should begin to fall again by the end of the year.
See also: long, run

in the long run
finally Good management in the long run brought improved conditions for the workers.
Opposite of: in the short run
See also: long, run


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I have found out, beyond any doubt whatever, that disobedient boys are certainly far from happy, and that, in the long run, they always lose out.
Every one being allowed to learn to read, ruineth in the long run not only writing but also thinking.
In some States the Specimens are occasionally fed and suffered to exist for several years; but in the more temperate and better regulated regions, it is found in the long run more advantageous for the educational interests of the young, to dispense with food, and to renew the Specimens every month -- which is about the average duration of the foodless existence of the Criminal class.
 
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