ever since
idiom
1
: continually or often from a past time until now
We both liked the idea and have been working on it ever since.
I went to the festival its first year and have been returning ever since.
2
: continually from the time in the past when : since
She's wanted to be a firefighter ever since she was a young girl.
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She might be played by the incomparable Ellen Pompeo in Good American Family, but Kristine Barnett is keeping a low-key profile ever since her adoption controversy.
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 20 Mar. 2025
Certainly not in baroque classical music, where everything’s played the same volume and tempo and stuff, but modern classical music, ever since Debussy, depended as much on dynamics as anything else.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Mar. 2025
On a 2008 episode of The Tyra Banks Show, the host introduced King to a surgeon who assisted with the model's transition, and King has flourished ever since.
—EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
The law has been mired in legal challenges ever since.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 20 Mar. 2025
Certainly not in baroque classical music, where everything’s played the same volume and tempo and stuff, but modern classical music, ever since Debussy, depended as much on dynamics as anything else.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Mar. 2025
On a 2008 episode of The Tyra Banks Show, the host introduced King to a surgeon who assisted with the model's transition, and King has flourished ever since.
—EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
The law has been mired in legal challenges ever since.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ever since
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“Ever since.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ever%20since. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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