yearslong
adjective
years·long
ˈyirz-ˈlȯŋ 
: lasting through several or many years
Torrential rains and widespread flooding in Texas have brought relief from a yearslong drought to many parts of the state.—
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Since 2022, McGovern-Robinett has overseen the district's special education department, which for the past year has been under close watch by the Texas Education Agency because of a yearslong backlog of overdue student evaluations.
—Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Dec. 2024
By Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times Amid concerns about protests, strikes, security and whatever might be floating in the Seine, the City of Light is about to strike a pose on its yearslong Olympics runway.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 24 July 2024
Israel could also revert to the ways of its yearslong shadow war with Iran, orchestrating some kind of bloodless cyberattack or relying on spy craft and covert actions against Iranian interests, inside or outside Iran, without claiming responsibility for them.
—Michael Levenson, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Despite official indications that China's yearslong anti-monopoly and data security crackdowns on technology companies have ended, entrepreneurs are jittery.
—Dake Kang and Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
The case now promises to be a complex, yearslong legal battle.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2024
Both kids’ realizations started their families on a yearslong path of doctors, therapists and other experts in transgender medicine.
—Sam Metz and Amancai Biraben, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023
The Dutch payments company, which competes with the likes of Stripe and PayPal to allow merchants to accept card payments, has seen its yearslong hot growth moderate amid slowing consumer spend and growing competition.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2023
Photo: staff/Reuters Houston bankruptcy judge David R. Jones resigned from the bench while under a misconduct investigation by a federal appeals court over his failure to disclose his yearslong romantic relationship with a bankruptcy lawyer who had business before his court.
—Alexander Gladstone, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2023
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Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Dec. 2024
By Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times Amid concerns about protests, strikes, security and whatever might be floating in the Seine, the City of Light is about to strike a pose on its yearslong Olympics runway.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 24 July 2024
Israel could also revert to the ways of its yearslong shadow war with Iran, orchestrating some kind of bloodless cyberattack or relying on spy craft and covert actions against Iranian interests, inside or outside Iran, without claiming responsibility for them.
—Michael Levenson, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Despite official indications that China's yearslong anti-monopoly and data security crackdowns on technology companies have ended, entrepreneurs are jittery.
—Dake Kang and Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
The case now promises to be a complex, yearslong legal battle.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2024
Both kids’ realizations started their families on a yearslong path of doctors, therapists and other experts in transgender medicine.
—Sam Metz and Amancai Biraben, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023
The Dutch payments company, which competes with the likes of Stripe and PayPal to allow merchants to accept card payments, has seen its yearslong hot growth moderate amid slowing consumer spend and growing competition.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2023
Photo: staff/Reuters Houston bankruptcy judge David R. Jones resigned from the bench while under a misconduct investigation by a federal appeals court over his failure to disclose his yearslong romantic relationship with a bankruptcy lawyer who had business before his court.
—Alexander Gladstone, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2023
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“Yearslong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yearslong. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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