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Discover LudwigThe phrase "generations long" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It can be used to describe something that has lasted for multiple generations or to refer to a long-lasting phenomenon that has been passed down through generations. Example: The family business had been running for generations long, with each new generation taking over and adding their own unique touch to the company. Another example: The legend of the haunted castle had been passed down for generations long, with each new telling adding more terrifying details.
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The Hatabs say they have owned their home for six generations, long before Israel even existed.
The worlds within our solar system show no city lights, no road systems, and no obelisks of generations long gone".
Makes one wonder: Is the country relying too much on decaying infrastructure, the capital investments of generations long gone?
Linkage maps ruthlessly expose cuckoldry, and if genealogies are available, they can do so among generations long past, as well as those alive today.
"Are you aware the shape I'm in?" For generations — long before it became fashionable — Brooklyn has taken in writers fleeing from Manhattan's steep rents and steeper pretensions.
Should we not, at last, realize the dream of a thousand generations long gone and enter a new golden age of behavioral, sociological and philosophical enlightenment?
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When General Powell said that Mr. Bush "comes from a family with a generations-long tradition of public service," the obvious point of contrast was Mr. Clinton, not Vice President Al Gore.
They compress them into a visual shorthand the way oral tradition compresses generations-long narratives.
Through a life well lived, Larry upheld his family's generations-long tradition of service and philanthropy.
The current rush for the borders is a reversal of a generations-long trend.
For some graduates, it's the story of another diploma in a generations-long legacy, with high expectations reinforced from birth.
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