long-term problem
collocation in Englishmeanings of long-term and problem
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problem
noun [C]
uk/ˈprɒb.ləm/us/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...
(Definition of long-term and problem from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of long-term problem
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We have to remember that climate change is a long-term problem.
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Seven of the providers indicated that the level of fees had been a long-term problem.
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Our group facing a long-term problem thus confronts the task of optimizing under institutional constraints.
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Obesity is a long-term problem and needs a long-term strategy.
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We really have to consider the long-term problem, and we may have to give it more consideration than we have done in the past.
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In many ways, this is a long-term problem.
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In addition to the long-term problem, there is a short-term crisis.
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But all that he has claimed in respect of the long-term problem is that we are to have better control of public expenditure.
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I repeat that there is the short-term situation and the long-term problem.
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The pull from civilian airlines is unlikely to diminish, and we must face that long-term problem.
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I know that some people think that there is no long-term problem.
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Here, there is both a short-term and a long-term problem.
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Further research is, therefore, required before an answer to the long-term problem can be found.
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The first thing he must do is to recognise that this is a long-term problem and that it certainly cannot easily be solved.
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That is the most serious long-term problem that faces all of us.
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I hope that all parties will think about this long-term problem.
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As we all know, the famine has highlighted in the most terrible way a profound and long-term problem.
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This will be a difficult and long-term problem to resolve.
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