How to Use in perpetuity in a Sentence
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The area would develop itself, the park increasing the value of the neighborhood in perpetuity.
—Nicolaia Rips, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
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Which bit should the Ukrainians give up, in perpetuity, to the Russians?
—Boris Johnson, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2022
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Most people don’t leave enough money in the trust to maintain the home in perpetuity.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2023
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Each of them will be offered a house of their choice, most likely in perpetuity.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 9 June 2023
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Sanders pledged the state will cover the raises in perpetuity.
—Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2023
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And how, after a decade of locking horns, the two sides reached an agreement that will protect the land in perpetuity.
—David Gelles, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
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The company has enough cash flow to buy back $7 billion worth of shares in perpetuity.
—Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2022
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Half was snap-frozen and stored in perpetuity in a negative-80-degree freezer.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2023
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If that is true, a question arises, who pays for the storage in perpetuity?
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024
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The film will receive a copyright and will exist in perpetuity in the Library of Congress.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2024
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The film paints a portrait of a family left in limbo to suffer in perpetuity through no fault of their own.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2023
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Do Tar Heel fans now have bragging rights in perpetuity?
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
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In exchange for that money — plus a tax break — the Boeddekers promised to keep those acres rural in perpetuity.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022
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But for a significant number of women, these go on for over a decade, and some in perpetuity.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 21 June 2024
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For many, the existence of the prince is a sign that Wakanda will not be destroyed, and that Boseman’s memory will live on in perpetuity.
—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 17 Nov. 2022
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Stevens suggested that the leashing rule stay in place in perpetuity in order to avoid fencing.
—Alex Hulvalchick, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2023
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The money will stay there in perpetuity until someone claims it.
—Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 19 Apr. 2023
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The money will stay there in perpetuity until someone claims it.
—Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 19 Apr. 2023
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The fix was hardly cheap — ratepayers in Los Angeles have shelled out $2.5 billion so far, and the city will likely be at Owens Lake in perpetuity to ensure the dust stays down.
—ArcGIS StoryMaps, 11 Oct. 2022
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With the funds came instructions: The money is to be used to make tuition free for students at the Bronx institution, in perpetuity.
—Christine Emba, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2024
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Another time, their father and aunt allowed the county to acquire more of their land to build Patuxent High School — with the caveat that heirs have an access point to the land in perpetuity.
—Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
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Soon the federal government leased the land from the tribe in perpetuity, and bigger and better telescopes bloomed on the mountaintop.
—Joshua Sokol, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2022
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If the way a new-wave starlet makes her money is by allowing herself to be immortalized on-screen, gazed at in perpetuity, what about the rest of us?
—Philippa Snow, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2022
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This means the island cannot be further developed, and the plant and animal species that live there are protected in perpetuity.
—Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
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Some of this debt may never actually come due, since the U.S. has the capability of rolling over its debts in perpetuity.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
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Writers feared that much of their work would be turned over to AI that would crank out passable scripts, while actors feared that their likenesses would be scanned by AI and then used in perpetuity by studios.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 28 May 2024
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Picture an upper layer of a neural net as a jury that must try cases in perpetuity.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
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In a statement released with the photos, Porter expressed his excitement at being all dolled-up in perpetuity.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 10 Nov. 2022
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Going forward, it will be used to cover tuition for all students in perpetuity.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2024
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Thanks to the money already received from the campaign, her program that teaches kids about safe pet ownership has been funded in perpetuity.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024
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