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 states still have to cover 10% of the project’s operation, maintenance, repair and replacement costs in perpetuity.
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Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
The alternative is not going to be some fantastical development with 100% deeply affordable units set aside in perpetuity for community members, a project that no one would finance or develop.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
Stunning, brilliant deviations from what has been…risky, edgy fresh perspectives being celebrated in big, official ways in perpetuity—not just for a spell here and there.
—Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
In October, three months before he was fired, Moccia and NMSU officials pitched legislators on creating a $137 million endowment that would fund its women’s sports programs in perpetuity.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2025
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Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
The alternative is not going to be some fantastical development with 100% deeply affordable units set aside in perpetuity for community members, a project that no one would finance or develop.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
Stunning, brilliant deviations from what has been…risky, edgy fresh perspectives being celebrated in big, official ways in perpetuity—not just for a spell here and there.
—Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
In October, three months before he was fired, Moccia and NMSU officials pitched legislators on creating a $137 million endowment that would fund its women’s sports programs in perpetuity.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2025
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“In perpetuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20perpetuity. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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