ever since
idiom
1
: continually or often from a past time until now
We both liked the idea and have been working on it ever since.
I went to the festival its first year and have been returning ever since.
2
: continually from the time in the past when : since
She's wanted to be a firefighter ever since she was a young girl.
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The storytelling shift moves the Star Wars timeline in Galaxy’s Edge back three decades before the birth of Kylo Ren — who has been the central villain of the unfolding story in Black Spire Outpost on the Star Wars planet of Batuu ever since Galaxy’s Edge debuted at Disneyland in 2019.
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
The rivalry has existed ever since a group of OpenAI leaders quit the AI research laboratory and formed Anthropic in 2021, promising a clearer focus on the safety of the better-than-human technology called artificial general intelligence that both San Francisco firms wanted to build.
—Matt O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Current owners Halle Hirsch and Ryan Martin purchased it in 2016 and have been the business’s stewards ever since.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
But once people started reemerging into the world to once again hit the gym and ride their bikes outdoors, the company began to struggle, a tailspin that has been ongoing ever since.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 5 Feb. 2026
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
The rivalry has existed ever since a group of OpenAI leaders quit the AI research laboratory and formed Anthropic in 2021, promising a clearer focus on the safety of the better-than-human technology called artificial general intelligence that both San Francisco firms wanted to build.
—Matt O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Current owners Halle Hirsch and Ryan Martin purchased it in 2016 and have been the business’s stewards ever since.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
But once people started reemerging into the world to once again hit the gym and ride their bikes outdoors, the company began to struggle, a tailspin that has been ongoing ever since.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Ever since.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ever%20since. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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