in perpetuity
idiom
formal
: for all time : forever
The land will be passed on from generation to generation in perpetuity.
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The group also developed funding opportunities for young artists and worked to establish a network of artists, gallerists, and collectors that would endure in perpetuity.
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Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 12 July 2024
And when children’s brains are forming those pathways in an environment of stress, insecurity or neglect, they can get wired to expect and survive those conditions in perpetuity.
—Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2024
Those items will be preserved in perpetuity, where musicians and scholars can access them.
—Georgia Rowe, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
The fiery dissents from the liberal justices, and the reaction from Democrats and the White House, paint the picture of a high court anointing the presidency as an office above the law in perpetuity.
—Cameron Joseph, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2024
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Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 12 July 2024
And when children’s brains are forming those pathways in an environment of stress, insecurity or neglect, they can get wired to expect and survive those conditions in perpetuity.
—Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2024
Those items will be preserved in perpetuity, where musicians and scholars can access them.
—Georgia Rowe, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
The fiery dissents from the liberal justices, and the reaction from Democrats and the White House, paint the picture of a high court anointing the presidency as an office above the law in perpetuity.
—Cameron Joseph, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2024
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“In perpetuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20perpetuity. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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