variants
or eons
as in ages
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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While different religions and ancient cultures had described the planet as animate for eons, Lovelock’s contemporaries in the scientific community were more apt to shun this notion, preferring a Darwinian stance that species adapted to their environments, but not vice versa.
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Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
The selection makes sense in that the Bears have a large alumni base in Southern California and did not play a regular season game at USC or UCLA for the first time in eons.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
This is one of the most exciting new scores Broadway has heard in eons.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 22 Nov. 2024
Though that might seem like eons from now, much of the franchise is streaming on Netflix and ready for a movie marathon.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
The Cloud’s residents may be a reason why life ignited on Earth; crashing on our planet eons ago, these ice bodies may have supplied at least some of the water that all life requires.
—James Wray, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
Working in a genre that already feels eons ahead, DJ Travella somehow blasts singeli even further into hyperdrive.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
South American hunter-gatherers have alternated rest days with days full of movement for eons.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
The selection makes sense in that the Bears have a large alumni base in Southern California and did not play a regular season game at USC or UCLA for the first time in eons.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
This is one of the most exciting new scores Broadway has heard in eons.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 22 Nov. 2024
Though that might seem like eons from now, much of the franchise is streaming on Netflix and ready for a movie marathon.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
The Cloud’s residents may be a reason why life ignited on Earth; crashing on our planet eons ago, these ice bodies may have supplied at least some of the water that all life requires.
—James Wray, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
Working in a genre that already feels eons ahead, DJ Travella somehow blasts singeli even further into hyperdrive.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
South American hunter-gatherers have alternated rest days with days full of movement for eons.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Aeons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aeons. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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