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as in immortal
having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish
a charming fable that presents some eternal truths in a fresh way
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as in endless
lasting forever
the quest for some magic potion that promises eternal youth
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Recent Examples of eternal
Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
The floral decor throughout the vast living spaces evokes an eternal spring.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2022
More significantly, if life eternal is to know the only true God, as John 17:3 states, is their salvation at stake?
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Mar. 2022
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Adjective
Typically, scientists think of cratons as unchanging, nigh on eternal.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
The floral decor throughout the vast living spaces evokes an eternal spring.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
But hope springs eternal, maybe more so in baseball than anywhere else.
—John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2022
More significantly, if life eternal is to know the only true God, as John 17:3 states, is their salvation at stake?
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Mar. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eternal
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This is where the immortal pumps, kitten heels, and even boho wooden platforms come into play.—
Renata Joffre,
Glamour,
19 Apr. 2025
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Much later, in perhaps the movie’s most immortal scene, Darcy helps Elizabeth into a carriage by holding her ungloved hand.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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Its most beautiful and bracing imagery is that of cotton fields plumbed by sharecroppers, endless skies and dusty roads, the verdant expanse of a land that has witnessed so much sorrow.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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By repeating the same simple actions over and over (think dig, dig, build, build, attack wolf, attack wolf, dig, dig, etc.), Mojang Studios unearthed an endless world through simple play.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
17 Apr. 2025
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One of Mac's costars, the late A.J. Johnson, remembered his enduring sense of humor fondly.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Archidamus’s next suggestion—form alliances to constrain the enemy’s options—has been similarly enduring.—
A. Wess Mitchell,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Two years later, the Smithsonian named the museum's first permanent director, Jorge Zamanillo, and unveiled a gallery dedicated to the U.S. Latino experience in the National Museum of American History.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Other identification that will be accepted in lieu of a REAL ID include a valid U.S. passport or passport card; DHS trusted traveler cards such as Global Entry; Department of Defense IDs; permanent resident cards; and border crossing cards.—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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His first significant trip outside Rome as pontiff was to the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, a key site in Europe's ongoing migration crisis.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Intent to Destroy: Russia’s Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine By Eugene Finkel Finkel, a historian and political scientist, offers a nuanced and highly readable account of the complex history of Ukraine from medieval times to the ongoing Russian invasion.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Officials said overnight enforcement will focus on common and continuing offenses such as commercial vehicles parked in residential areas and permit violations.—
Michelle Deal-Zimmerman,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Mar. 2025
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State of the labor market Initial weekly unemployment insurance claims have held in a fairly steady range around 220,000, though continuing claims earlier in November had hit their highest level in about three years.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
5 Dec. 2024
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The fact that there are a bunch of other female characters dealing with other kinds of conflicts helps, but making Bix a perpetual victim, at least to this point in the series, is a disservice to her.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2025
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The latter is principally tied to a life in perpetual, untethered motion … like a pirate!—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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Pope Francis only visited the United States once, but his six-day trip made a deep and lasting impression.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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The key to a lasting turn isn’t just a face-ripper or two.—
MoneyShow,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Eternal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eternal. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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