How to Use take the long view in a Sentence

take the long view

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  • Stafford and Lawler advised churches to take the long view.
    al, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The Lakers have pledged to take the long view this season with LeBron James at the front of that line.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2021
  • And for those who questioned her career move, Gass urges them to take the long view.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Frisco can only hope that voters take the long view, as its City Hall has, to ensure the best future for all.
    Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Fredrik Olofsson, who was recalled from the Texas Stars before the game, tried to take the long view of the scoring issues.
    Stefan Stevenson, Dallas News, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Because his profession has prepared him to take the long view.
    Barton Swaim, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Regardless, the defending champions would be wise to take the long view on their pass rush.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Ralph Rossum, who has also written a book about Thomas, said the justice once compared himself to a marathon runner who has to take the long view.
    Jessica Gresko, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2022
  • Manville and Ober urge defenders of liberal democracy to take the long view.
    Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
  • And as the fossil fuel producer with the highest per capita GDP in the world, Norway is better placed than most countries to take the long view.
    Ian Bremmer, Time, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Life tenure enables the Justices to take the long view far more than is possible for a President or a member of Congress.
    The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
  • Just as investors should focus on long-term outcomes, health care innovators must also take the long view.
    Eric M. Stone, STAT, 5 June 2020
  • Then take the long view – ideally looking at the last five phases of your high school career as the most important — and trust that patient work will lead to great running in high school, and beyond.
    Jay Johnson, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2021
  • The Chinese are said to take the long view of history, unlike their vacillation-prone American rivals.
    WSJ, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Poker players tend to take the long view, speaking of tournament buy-ins as investments with a more or less predictable return when averaged over time.
    New York Times, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Johnson said students will likely need to attend summer school to catch up, but said state officials need to take the long view on how to close the racial achievement and opportunity gaps.
    Andrew Mollica, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Branding strategies in a post-pandemic world In that vein, take the long view of a recession and consider expanding the budget for your brand’s marketing.
    Rhett Power, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
  • While the likelihood of a global recession is not certain, commercial real estate professionals need to take the long view.
    Nikita Zhitov, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • For audiences inside China, Xi’s comments positioned China as a global superpower able to take the long view without compromising on key issues.
    Lyric Li, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • These companies and the entrepreneurs who built them are representative of what distinguishes Boston’s tech sector — perseverance, determination, and confidence to take the long view.
    Scott Kirsner, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2023
  • Demographers habitually take the long view, because subtle changes in population trends may take 50 years or more to register statistically.
    Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 17 Sep. 2012

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