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The phrase "a longer timescale" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing durations or periods of time that are extended or prolonged, often in contexts like project planning or scientific studies.
Example: "The effects of climate change may not be fully understood until we analyze data over a longer timescale."
Alternatives: "an extended timeframe" or "a greater duration".
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Looked at over a longer timescale, immigration actually boosted wages.
They will be vindicated, but on a longer timescale and by other parties.
Bestsellers are the quick waves crashing on the shore; library books work over a longer timescale.
"But It's very clear that over a longer timescale there will be much bigger changes".
If there were a longer timescale than the current insane rush to summer 2012, its design and detail could get the attention it deserves.
Nor is it a substitute for a formal, government-sponsored inquiry – one that would have much greater resources and no doubt a longer timescale.
There are several ways measles can affect the brain and immune system on a longer timescale beyond a few sick days.
Documentaries, Lerner said, are doing "a great service" to the academy by keeping the event "fresh and up to date", since feature films are usually made on a longer timescale.
Also, possibly explain to your freelancers that you need to extend your payment terms to a longer timescale for them so it matches with when you get the income.
As a group of Liberal Democrat MPs and prospective parliamentary candidates seeking a stronger voice for science and engineering in the next parliament, we are proud that our party has already committed to continuing the ringfencing of the science budget, and providing greater public funding on a longer timescale.
However, experts in the UK said that the study group was small and that more research was needed over a longer timescale to establish whether cannabis smoking caused the unusual brain features, or whether people with such brain features were more likely to smoke cannabis in the first place.
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