many moons
plural noun
informal
: a very long time
I visited my old school yesterday for the first time in many moons.
But that was all many moons ago.
Examples of many moons in a Sentence
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To build on an observation made many moons ago by one of my Orlando Sentinel predecessors, Scott Joseph, there are times of the year that locals in the Rosen Centre Hotel‘s Everglades restaurant are about as rare a sighting as an elusive Florida panther.
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Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025
Yet, the one festival act that people will still be talking about today — and likely for many moons to come — is Doechii.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2025
Williams has expressed a desire to make three seasons, also arguing, not unfairly, that if the six sisters had been six brothers, then the show would have already been commissioned many moons ago.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 17 June 2025
That craft studied the ringed planet from 2004 to 2017, flying around its many moons in the process.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2025
And that is where our hero’s memories remain for many moons, until the Merchant is arrested and convicted by the Qin courts of illegally profiting from the sale of unregulated memory content, and his assets are wholly transferred to the Criminal Archives.
—Hazlitt, 13 May 2025
Josh Myers was one of the toughest Green Bay Packers in many moons.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
That mission, which is slated to end in September 2025, also extends to Jupiter's rings and many moons.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
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Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025
Yet, the one festival act that people will still be talking about today — and likely for many moons to come — is Doechii.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2025
Williams has expressed a desire to make three seasons, also arguing, not unfairly, that if the six sisters had been six brothers, then the show would have already been commissioned many moons ago.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 17 June 2025
That craft studied the ringed planet from 2004 to 2017, flying around its many moons in the process.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2025
And that is where our hero’s memories remain for many moons, until the Merchant is arrested and convicted by the Qin courts of illegally profiting from the sale of unregulated memory content, and his assets are wholly transferred to the Criminal Archives.
—Hazlitt, 13 May 2025
Josh Myers was one of the toughest Green Bay Packers in many moons.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
That mission, which is slated to end in September 2025, also extends to Jupiter's rings and many moons.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Many moons.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/many%20moons. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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