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  • 1long foretold, long last; short notice, soon past — Cf. 1863 R. FITZROY Weather Book 15 The longer the time between the signs and the change foretold by them, the longer such altered weather will last; and, on the contrary, the less the time between a warning and a change, the shorter will be the… …

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  • 2long — long1 [ lɔŋ ] adjective *** ▸ 1 measurement/distance ▸ 2 lasting long time ▸ 3 measuring distance/time ▸ 4 book/letter/list ▸ 5 clothes ▸ 6 about ball in sports ▸ 7 drink: in tall glass ▸ 8 about vowel ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) measuring a large amount… …

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  • 3last — [[t]lɑ͟ːst, læ̱st[/t]] ♦ lasts, lasting, lasted 1) DET You use last in expressions such as last Friday, last night, and last year to refer, for example, to the most recent Friday, night, or year. I got married last July... He never made it home… …

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  • 4long — I UK [lɒŋ] / US [lɔŋ] adjective Word forms long : adjective long comparative longer superlative longest *** 1) lasting for a large amount of time It s a long time since I saw Rachel. There was a long pause before he spoke. Many people face a long …

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  • 5Long Pine, Nebraska — Infobox Settlement official name = Long Pine, Nebraska settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of Long Pine, Nebraska mapsize1 = map… …

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  • 6Long Beach State 49ers baseball — Long Beach State 49ers Founded: 1954 University California State University, Long Beach Conference Bi …

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  • 7Last of the Summer Wine — A typical intertitle Also known as The Last of the Summer Wine (Pilot episode) Genre Sitcom …

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  • 8Long Island Sound — is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean and various rivers in the United States that lies between the coast of Connecticut to the north and Long Island, New York to the south. The mouth of the Connecticut River at Old Saybrook, Connecticut empties… …

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  • 9Long-term potentiation — (LTP) is a persistent increase in synaptic strength following high frequency stimulation of a chemical synapse. Studies of LTP are often carried out in slices of the hippocampus, an important organ for learning and memory. In such studies,… …

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  • 10Long Island Arena — Location Commack, New York Built 1956 1959 Opened 1959 Closed 1996 Surface Ice …

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