in the long run – English Grammar Profiler

‘in the long run’ is B2 in the English Vocabulary Profile with the meaning

at a time that is far away in the future

A search for collocates of ‘in the long run’ in the COCA:

1 MONEY 200 2 CHEAPER 58 3 EFFECTIVE 38 4 BENEFIT 30 5 SUSTAINABLE 27 6 SURVIVE 25 7 BENEFICIAL 20 8 SUCCEED 20 9 COSTLY 19

10 PROFITABLE 17