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long-standing

adj

Definitions

  1. Having existed for a long time

    Having existed for a long time; of long standing.

  2. Having been done for long enough time to become convention.

    • Long-standing custom calls for referring to the town chairman as mayor, even though we don't have a mayor.

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at long-standing. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at long-standing. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at long-standing

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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