In the Long Run
What it means
Over a long enough stretch of time for the short-term noise to settle.
Where it comes from
Keynes gave the phrase its most quoted rebuttal, that in the long run we are all dead. His point was that advice about eventual outcomes is no use to people living through the short one.
The puzzle it came from
In the Long Run was the answer to the Phrasicle of December 30, 2025. The clue read In the ____ ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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duty
free
trial
run
deep
spirit
animal
rescue
mission
control
go
long
weekend
warrior
pose
storage
unit
price
tag
team
Phrasicle: In the Long Run