long-established

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1. That has been in existence for a long time.

   First, the employments must be well known and long established in the neighbourhood ;

   1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

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   The age in which we live is remarkable for searching out, and sifting to the bottom, the most long-established opinions which have come down to us.

   1870, George Herbert, “The Primitive Church—Where to Find it”, in The Church. Sermons Preached on Sunday Afternoons in the Cathedral of Limerick, page 116

   In the Edinburgh area, Leith and neighbouring Granton have only one terminal station where formerly there were four, and the long-established ferry from Granton to Burntisland, the history of which stretches back to the dawn of Scottish railways, is no more.

   1958 July 28, J. P. Wilson, “Scottish Soliloquy”, in Railway Magazine, page 495

   Some long-established trains have disappeared from the new timetables, including the through trains between Birkenhead and Margate, and York and Bournemouth. These will be restored in May, [...].

   1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 102

   During Wave I formations tended to merge with their contemporaries, whereas during Wave II acquisition by longer-established unions was the predominant pattern.

   1995, Jeremy Waddington, The Politics of Bargaining

   Synonyms: well-established