ever since

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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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Google's Nano Banana image-generation model has been the talk of the town ever since it was introduced in Gemini in August. Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025 We’ve been obsessed ever since. Jasmine Grant, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025 The Hill has been a gang-free zone ever since. Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025 New York has been looking for its next true franchise quarterback ever since 2019, which was Eli Manning's last season with the team. Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ever since

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“Ever since.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ever%20since. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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