variants
or chiefly British aeon
1
: an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age
I haven't seen him in eons.
2
a
: a very large division of geologic time usually longer than an era
the Archean eon
b
: a unit of geologic time equal to one billion years
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Presented with the premise that a sprinter will never run 100 meters in, say, five seconds, Lyles wondered what humans could accomplish an eon from now.
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Emily Giambalvo, Washington Post, 26 July 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.
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Here are steps to hire the right one For kids, that seems like eons away.
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Emily Giambalvo, Washington Post, 26 July 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
Here are steps to hire the right one For kids, that seems like eons away.
—Winnie Sun, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Eon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eon. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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