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as in perpetuity
endless time
the question whether the universe will end someday or continue to exist in eternity
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as in immortality
unending existence after death
a firm belief in the eternity of the soul
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as in forever
a long or seemingly long period of time
we waited in line for tickets for an eternity
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Recent Examples of eternity
Lopez paired the woven gown with sparkling jewelry by Suzanne Kalan, including the gold baguette milli eternity band and the classic diamond shield ring.
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Marissa Muller, WWD, 1 Mar. 2025
Ball caught the pass from White at 9.6 seconds, took an extra dribble at nine seconds flat, and released the shot at 7.8 seconds — an eternity by NBA standards.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
The kind of shot that will haunt Big Ten highlights for eternity.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2025
The ancient symbol is closely associated with Celtic culture, where it is affiliated with the ideas of eternity or the Holy Trinity, and is a popular sign across Ireland.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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Marissa Muller, WWD, 1 Mar. 2025
Ball caught the pass from White at 9.6 seconds, took an extra dribble at nine seconds flat, and released the shot at 7.8 seconds — an eternity by NBA standards.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
The kind of shot that will haunt Big Ten highlights for eternity.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2025
The ancient symbol is closely associated with Celtic culture, where it is affiliated with the ideas of eternity or the Holy Trinity, and is a popular sign across Ireland.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eternity
Noun
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But not everyone is sold on MACH principles for all perpetuity.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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He'll be stuck with these images circulating for perpetuity.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Set far into the future after humanity has been destroyed, the book features a cult that clones its members, the cult in the book resembles the real-world Raëlian movement, which is a group in France that believes that aliens invented modern technology and hope for immortality through cloning.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Four years before that, Joanne applied for country-jukebox immortality.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
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
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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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These solutions go to infinity at the center of that region.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
24 Mar. 2025
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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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“Eternity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eternity. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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