Definition of everlastingnext

everlasting

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noun

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as in God
capitalized the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe people who believe that the magnificence of the natural world is proof of the existence of the Everlasting

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Recent Examples of everlasting
Adjective
An everlasting thank-you card fulfilling the wishes of any mom who may be feeling unappreciated, exhausted, or neglected? Erik Adams, The Atlantic, 10 May 2026 Buckwheats are famous for attracting butterflies of every description, and their flowers are wonderful candidates for everlasting arrangements. Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Noun
Because, not so far to the south, Miami was about to change, too, in a way profound, and everlasting. Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025 Trusting in God’s everlasting care for us opens our eyes to more of God’s protection and supply. Rachael Knight, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for everlasting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for everlasting
Adjective
  • Hope sprung eternal not on opening night but on July 1, when every fan could believe their GM was preparing to make a splash.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 8 July 2026
  • Joel Higgins played Ricky’s father, a successful entrepreneur and eternal child who’s finally forced to grow up and accept responsibility upon his estranged son’s return.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
Adjective
  • The immortal being who’d called himself a god just moments prior regresses into his stuttering, childhood self.
    Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
  • Not all foods endure—ortolan, aspic, candy cigarettes—but the pickle may be as close to immortal as a snack can get.
    Emma Allen, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • Tying the hands of mayors in perpetuity and shielding them from accountability for the scourge of guns is not how to respond to one mayor’s mistakes.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
  • What is grief, after all, if not a reaction to the overwhelming perpetuity of mortality?
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • The first — Nietzsche’s 1881 Eternal Recurrence — is a life test by design, echoing Camus’ Sisyphus.
    Shai Tubali, Big Think, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Some cultures, Eliade shows, preserve their eternals by simply denying the force of history; in Lyell’s case, the culture at hand was Christianity, and the ideal was the unique status of humankind.
    Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • With no rooster to sing in a new day, Marialice begins a journey in endless night to find the sleeping sun, accompanied by tiny chick Little.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 7 July 2026
  • As the nature of personal photography changed, images that once were precious and finite became JPEGs on an endless scroll.
    Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 7 July 2026
Adjective
  • Blazers, button-ups, chinos, and deck shoes have all become enduring elements of women’s wardrobes.
    Christina Holevas, Vogue, 5 July 2026
  • Heat and humidity couldn’t take down the Northside Hospital Peachtree Road Race and its 45,000-plus runners, one of Atlanta’s most enduring traditions.
    Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • Frozen Charlotte is White’s eighth solo album, fourth in as many years, and his most sustained maximalist-garage studio party in the eternity since the White Stripes’ breakthrough rager, 2003’s Elephant.
    David Fricke, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2026
  • There was the part of her that was drifting, happy to lie in silk sheets and drink milk and sit with a gull on her lap, rapt, staring into eternity.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Adjective
  • The court also allowed claims that the company unfairly benefited by skimping on security, may have violated North Carolina’s unfair-trade law, and could be ordered to clarify and improve its ongoing data-security duties.
    Chase Jordan July 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
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    Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

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“Everlasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/everlasting. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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