since time immemorial

phrase

: for a very long time
People have been creating art since time immemorial.

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The Luiseño Indigenous people bathed in the springs’ mineral waters since time immemorial, and one of the site’s first owners, Fritz Guenther, built a bathhouse and a couple of cottages there in 1902—essentially, the area’s first wellness resort. Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026 Apocryphal tales of its meals causing the runs have plagued Taco Bell since time immemorial. Frank Landymore, Futurism, 15 July 2026 And the journeys that people have taken on the Mississippi River since time immemorial, frankly, is really astounding. Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 July 2026 While the movie has some fun asking whether people actually want to know everything about their partners (a devil’s bargain since time immemorial), its real interest lies in how that knowledge is colored by who shares it. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for since time immemorial

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