as in forever
a long or seemingly long period of time
where have you been? I haven't seen you in a coon's age!
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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
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The New Mexico-set drama follows a 14-year-old boy who is the main carer for his sick father and longs to go to party Plan B produced the film with Teorema, the production company of Michel Franco, who is also at the Berlinale with Golden Bear contender Dreams.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
15 Feb. 2025
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The top level is called extended, followed by longs and shorts.—
Tom Schardin,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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August's full moon has several names, including supermoon, blue moon and Sturgeon Moon.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American-Statesman,
16 Aug. 2024
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And whenever that happens, astronomers call the third full moon a seasonal blue moon.—
John Tufts,
The Indianapolis Star,
7 Aug. 2024
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The defendants, all from New Jersey, New York or Pennsylvania, range in age from 24 to 70.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2025
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What To Know Michael LaRosa, who served as former first lady Jill Biden's press secretary, slammed the party's approach to handling concerns about the former president's age during a Wednesday panel discussion at American University's Sine Institute of Policy and Politics.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Coon's age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coon%27s%20age. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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