longs
Britishplural noun
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full-length trousers
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long-dated gilt-edged securities
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finance unsold securities or commodities held in anticipation of rising prices
Example Sentences
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She doesn't want to emigrate like the millions who have fled Venezuela's economic crisis but longs for political and economic reform, saying everything is "too expensive", education is a "privilege", and non-exploitative jobs are rare.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Culhane’s Carlson longs for the “great American films like ‘Gone With the Wind’ or the first 20 minutes of ‘Forrest Gump.'”
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
“HSBC is a consensus long – but those longs should be vindicated today,” Coombs said.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026
We shorted that security because the people over here were long, and when you looked at the combined positions of the firm, it bore out that we had longs and shorts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
She crawls to an edge inside herself, longs to be insensate, a slab of brick.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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