variants
or eon
as in forever
a long or seemingly long period of time
it's been aeons since I saw a movie at the multiplex glaciers that formed aeons ago
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Noun
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One way to mess with an option team’s Plan A is to not only stick them with third-and-forevers, but to put them in an early hole, making them throw out of desperation.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
14 Sep. 2019 -
Printed with thermochromic ink, the stamp reveals a second image of the moon when a finger is pressed to it, and a sheet of 16 Forever stamps features a map of the eclipse path.—
Meg Jones,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
18 Aug. 2017
Noun
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Perhaps there's nothing a new parent longs for more than a full night's sleep, which could explain the sudden interest in the TikTok butter trend.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
7 Mar. 2025
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A little long, Harvard thought, and that wasn’t all.—
Robert Christgau,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At age 26, Soto signed a record-shattering 15-year, $765 million contract to move across town to Queens and play out what will likely be the remainder of his career with the New York Mets.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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One of the civilians, Mohammad Saad, age 20, told CNN that IDF soldiers had detained him in Rafah.—
Mick Krever,
CNN,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Aeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aeon. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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