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High aspect ratio wings

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From reading it sounds like the higher aspect ratio you can make your wing the better. Less induced drag and high lift/weight. Why then would we continue to use low aspect ratio designs? Are they less efficient at speed?

Feels like I'm missing some piece of information.
 
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