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as in eternal
lasting forever
valentines typically express the giver's everlasting love and devotion
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as in immortal
having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish
Shakespeare's plays are still being performed 400 years later because they deal with everlasting truths and universal emotions
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as in perpetuity
endless time
that special bond that has existed between mother and child from everlasting
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as in God
capitalized
the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe
people who believe that the magnificence of the natural world is proof of the existence of the Everlasting
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Recent Examples of everlasting
Kiana Murden, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2025
Humanity’s oldest epic is a doomed quest for immortality: Around four millenniums ago, the Sumerians told of a Mesopotamian king named Gilgamesh who set out to find life everlasting and briefly located a youth-restoring plant, only to lose it on his way home.
—Joe Kloc, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Washington Post, 7 July 2021
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Adjective
Key Ingredients: Lingonberry extract, everlasting flower, red microalgae extract, peptides
How to Apply: The formula, which also counts Dr. Park and actor Julianne Moore as fans, should be applied twice daily in upward strokes.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2025
Humanity’s oldest epic is a doomed quest for immortality: Around four millenniums ago, the Sumerians told of a Mesopotamian king named Gilgamesh who set out to find life everlasting and briefly located a youth-restoring plant, only to lose it on his way home.
—Joe Kloc, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
One of his favorite sections contains sweeps of the grass little bluestem and the perennial sweet everlasting amid scattered plantings of pitch pines.
—Washington Post, 7 July 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for everlasting
Adjective
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Decorative torches and candles hung low, casting the halls in a mellow, shaded light: an eternal dusk or dawn.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Because of Mandich and in his eternal memory has grown a South Florida institution in cancer research, with the Dolphins out front in showing other professional sports teams how best to serve the community that supports them.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In the immortal words of Laurence Laurentz, would that it’were so simple.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
14 Feb. 2025
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Laura Palmer, the immortal heroine (played by Sheryl Lee) of Twin Peaks, appears to me all the time.—
K. Austin Collins,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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He'll be stuck with these images circulating for perpetuity.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Stargate, the $500 billion effort to secure American AI supremacy for perpetuity backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman and SoftBank founder Masa Son, among others, will require a gargantuan amount of energy to power it.—
David Jeans,
Forbes,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Palantir is quite vocal about how President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s farewell address warning about the military-industrial complex has come to pass, that the endless combinations of contractors has ended any real competition.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
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As Preece took a wild tumble in what seemed like an endless series of rolls after air got caught under the car's chassis, fans held their breath until the car eventually grounded back on its wheels, resting to an eerie silence.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The artist explained that the pattern of her dress reminded her of an enduring cultural tradition: quilting.—
Kaila Philo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Feb. 2025
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Some see it as enduring, while others see it as cheap.—
Anna Kodé,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In just over 20 minutes, the bag is born, experiences moments of joy, fear, loss and abandonment, and then meditates on death and eternity.—
Samantha Conti,
WWD,
13 Feb. 2025
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It was sent to space as a piece of deadweight on the inaugural test flight of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, and the vehicle is now destined to spend eternity soaring aimlessly through our cosmic neighborhood.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Out in the cold: Greenland at centre of political power play but sees CONCACAF future Greenland has been thrust into geopolitical significance recently due to U.S. president Donald Trump’s ongoing proposal to purchase the semiautonomous territory of Denmark.—
Richard Amofa,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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This moment underscored the ongoing challenges faced by Black athletes, especially Black women, in sports.—
Oumou Fofana,
Essence,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There's also a Focus Limiter that restricts the autofocus to either close (minimum distance to 10 meters) or distant (8 meters to infinity) and has a Full setting for unrestricted autofocus.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
26 Feb. 2025
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Click on the video below to see their sweet interaction that’s truly going to infinity and beyond!—
Ronnie Li,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Everlasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/everlasting. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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