a long time coming

adj

Definitions

  1. In-process, delayed, awaited, or deserved for a considerable duration of time

    In-process, delayed, awaited, or deserved for a considerable duration of time; overdue.

    • "The water is a long time coming. Try another glass of wine."
    • "Your letter was a long time coming. I had waited a week—ten days."
    • The breakthrough in the Paris talks was a long time coming.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for a long time coming. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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