Definitions

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  • adjective Lasting for nearly one's entire career.
  • adverb Over nearly one's entire career.

Etymologies

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career +‎ -long

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Examples

  • His careerlong enterprise — he died in 1922 — was a paradox: to give dignity to the inherently demeaning roles his audience expected and demanded.

    It’s a White Thing 2008

  • There are few signs of Presley's careerlong manager, Col. Tom Parker, who both nurtured and vandalized him.

    The King's Castle 2007

  • These relationships are often lifelong, or at least careerlong, and go deeper than traditional lawyer-client relationships in other areas of legal practice.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • These relationships are often lifelong, or at least careerlong, and go deeper than traditional lawyer-client relationships in other areas of legal practice.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • These relationships are often lifelong, or at least careerlong, and go deeper than traditional lawyer-client relationships in other areas of legal practice.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • These relationships are often lifelong, or at least careerlong, and go deeper than traditional lawyer-client relationships in other areas of legal practice.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • Martin Brodeur, who has been a careerlong Devil and led the franchise to three Stanley Cup titles.

    SI.com 2011

  • For Taylor, the trouble was the latest in a careerlong series, but Monday marked the first time that he didn't suit up.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2011

  • All-Star goaltender Martin Brodeur, who has been a careerlong Devil and led the franchise to three Stanley Cup titles.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • A careerlong advocate of health care reform, Slaughter stressed that what's important is the substance of the combined legislation, which would bring insurance to 31 million more Americans while barring insurers from discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions.

    The Buffalo News: Home 2010

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