aeons

noun

variants or eons
Definition of aeonsnext
plural of aeon
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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Recent Examples of aeons For eons, gay men (and their enablers) have been passing down misinformation about something that is admittedly precarious, yet more simple than it's made out to be. — Fran Tirado, Them, 20 Dec. 2024 Mighty and majestic with wonderful manes, horses have been part of human life for eons. — Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024 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. — Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024

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