THE LONG AND SHORT Synonyms: 35 Similar Words

the long and short

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the central part or aspect of something under consideration The proposal must be submitted by noon and that's the long and short of it.

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Recent Examples of the long and short Tax-aware long-short strategies get around this by adding leverage on both the long and short side of an existing portfolio, with the investor buying more positions and increasing the number of potential losses to harvest. — Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

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