How to Use in perpetuity in a Sentence

in perpetuity

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  • Or even how the sky and its painterly clouds seem to carry on and on in perpetuity.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 14 July 2025
  • Each of them will be offered a house of their choice, most likely in perpetuity.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 9 June 2023
  • That means the buyers of the condos will own their units in perpetuity.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Some are only good for one year, and others are good in perpetuity.
    Jason Jones, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Each year in perpetuity, until I am stopped, once and for all.
    Cora Frazier, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • And that fame train seemed destined to circle the globe in perpetuity.
    Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
  • Sanders pledged the state will cover the raises in perpetuity.
    Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2023
  • Most people don’t leave enough money in the trust to maintain the home in perpetuity.
    Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2023
  • It will be preserved as open space in perpetuity, according to the land trust.
    Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • If that is true, a question arises, who pays for the storage in perpetuity?
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024
  • More than a billion extra a year, in perpetuity.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
  • And some seem to thrive in perpetuity, like Reading and Leeds.
    Geoff Robins, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
  • But the ornaments jut out; a granite lunch box and cup of coffee rest in perpetuity atop hunks of rock.
    Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
  • The money will stay there in perpetuity until someone claims it.
    Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The company has enough cash flow to buy back $7 billion worth of shares in perpetuity.
    Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Half was snap-frozen and stored in perpetuity in a negative-80-degree freezer.
    Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2023
  • And how, after a decade of locking horns, the two sides reached an agreement that will protect the land in perpetuity.
    David Gelles, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Instead, here are just four of her most comforting, cozy projects to watch in her honor tonight and in perpetuity.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The film paints a portrait of a family left in limbo to suffer in perpetuity through no fault of their own.
    Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2023
  • But for a significant number of women, these go on for over a decade, and some in perpetuity.
    Angela Haupt, TIME, 21 June 2024
  • Which bit should the Ukrainians give up, in perpetuity, to the Russians?
    Boris Johnson, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Stevens suggested that the leashing rule stay in place in perpetuity in order to avoid fencing.
    Alex Hulvalchick, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Honor their loyalty and keep their mountain running well in perpetuity, for the sake of those who stood strong.
    Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
  • As of March, the lights will be on in perpetuity but mostly visible after dark.
    Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Picture an upper layer of a neural net as a jury that must try cases in perpetuity.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • So, not a land swap, but land handed over in perpetuity in exchange for a truce that’s probably temporary.
    Marc Champion, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2025
  • In return, his business takes in 5% of the newfound riches in perpetuity.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 May 2025
  • In exchange for that money — plus a tax break — the Boeddekers promised to keep those acres rural in perpetuity.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022
  • But [Ole Munch] had sold his soul and as a result was forced to wander the earth in perpetuity afterwards.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 14 June 2024
  • The waxwork Cohen is hardy enough to delight would-be real housewives in perpetuity.
    Zach Zimmerman, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024

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