The agreement settles a longstanding dispute that had virtually brought fish exports to a halt.
The next government will face the challenge of establishing a macroeconomic policy framework that addresses longstanding grievances and inequities underlying much of the current unrest without hampering an economic recovery.
The US and DPRK will take steps to normalize relations, subject to the DPRK's implementing its denuclearization pledge and resolving other longstanding concerns.
Tunisia's urgent request for assistance, both by airlifting needed military equipment and by making clear our longstanding interest in the security and integrity of this friendly country.
Events that validate the longstanding goals of American policy, a policy based upon a single shining principle: the cause of freedom.
A longstanding issue that divided us from our neighbors has been resolved.
This is a precious opportunity for a historic settlement of a longstanding conflict, an opportunity which may never come again in our lifetime.
The combination of captains and pursers to return false musters, or to present men to receive pay who never served, was another longstanding abuse.
The political issue rests in longstanding arguments to limit the President from having the capacity to deploy or use force quickly, thereby involving the nation without conferring with full consultation with Congress.
In some cases, this may mean changing the longstanding principle of military centralization and empowering individual soldiers, sailors, and airmen to be crucial components in applying and directing the application of force.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "longstanding" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.