in the long term

Meaning

1. in the long / short / medium term

   used to describe what will happen a long, short, etc. time in the future

   Such a development seems unlikely, at least in the short term (= it will not happen for quite a long time).

In the movies · 1

• Long Term Memory? Wait...Inside Out2015
• That "long term" enough for you?Kick-Ass2010
• or the long term implications of leaving the EU.The Gentlemen2020
• ...not a long-term solution, then they needed us back.Interstellar2014
• So you've taken long term assignments at ...Detachment2011
• Real long-term investments.The Devil All the Time2020
• But more of a long-term thing.Twelve Monkeys1995
• It's time to start thinking long term.The Martian2015

Learn it in full scenes

• Inside Out2015
  • Broccoli on the Pizza
  • Sadness Nearly Touches a Core Memory
  • Riley Introduces Herself and Cries
• The Gentlemen2020
  • Fletcher Pitches His Story to Ray
  • Mickey and Matthew's Dinner Standoff
  • Mickey Pitches His Weed Empire
• Interstellar2014
  • The Ghost in Murph's Bookshelf
  • Cooper Stumbles Into Secret NASA
  • Cooper Says Goodbye to Murph

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