How to Use long view in a Sentence

long view

noun
  • Plan for many stops so the driver can take in the long views!
    — Lynn O'Rourke Hayes, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Built with the long view in mind, the house rewards the wait.
    — Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2026
  • But city officials take a long view.
    — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
  • So can taking the long view that things may not always be so grim.
    — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2020
  • When others get lost in the moment, hold to the long view.
    — Glenn Kurlander, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The timeline reflects that long view.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Their anger would be justified, but the schools need to take the long view here.
    — Andy Staples, SI.com, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Two years later, though, the 20-year-old is able to take the long view.
    — Edgar Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 31 Mar. 2018
  • This enables you to keep a focus that balances the short and long view.
    — Dr. Eric George, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • But taking a longer view makes more sense as a deal strategy these days.
    — Charley Grant, WSJ, 1 May 2018
  • Whatever truth the long view might reveal to mankind could not help us there.
    — Christopher Beha, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
  • Democrats have long viewed Arizona as a place where the party could make gains.
    — Dan Merica, CNN, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Ren, 59, has a long view and sees a lot of progress at Simcere.
    — Russell Flannery, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2021
  • The long view was that Heinen and Coyle would be able to bring someone along.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Oct. 2019
  • But the moves are made with an eye on the longer view, and in that regard we were dealt some clear winners.
    — Avi Creditor, SI.com, 1 Feb. 2018
  • The next corner to join the 2022 class had to have his eye on the long view.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 5 May 2021
  • We’re used to seeing these women from a long view, but now that the chase is over, what remains?
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Your role is to deliver what’s truly needed and keep the long view in mind.
    — Brady Kriss, Recode, 17 Apr. 2018
  • And what is the long view of how software is eating transportation?
    — Recode Staff, Recode, 20 Sep. 2018
  • In Boeing’s long view, everything will work out fine in the end.
    — Dominic Gates, The Seattle Times, 16 July 2018
  • Because his profession has prepared him to take the long view.
    — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Focused on his work, engaged in a very thoughtful way and someone who takes a long view.
    — Adam Edelman, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2018
  • That tree has only about 200 years years left, and Alspach takes the long view.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Nov. 2021
  • The same long view applies to Rai’s art collection.
    — Linne Halpern, Architectural Digest, 12 Feb. 2026
  • In the long view, things don’t look rosy for Russia’s economy.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Despite his lamentations, the author finds hope, at least in the long view of deep time.
    — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Senators not facing voters this year took a long view.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • For those with a long view, mistreatment of Haitians goes back a lot further than that.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Sep. 2021
  • That, too, could be a case of whether the Heat are living in the moment or taking the long view.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Aug. 2020
  • Likely because the Heat were taking the long view, with a playoff run in mind.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Apr. 2021

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