in perpetuity

idiom

formal

: for all time : forever

The land will be passed on from generation to generation in perpetuity.

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The tribe, which holds fishing and hunting rights in perpetuity to the area, has criticized the overarching project, as well as the Forest Service for a lack of proper environmental review in its recorded decision. —

Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025 Ruth Gottesman, professor emerita in the Albert Einstein College of Medicine gave the school $1 billion to provide free medical school tuition for students in perpetuity. —

Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 Something that represents a redline at a particular moment may not function as one in perpetuity. —

Michael Poznansky, Foreign Affairs, 3 Jan. 2025 Similarly, universities do not do a great job with administrative efficiency with mushrooming overhead along with programs and departments that live on in perpetuity. —

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 28 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in perpetuity

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