1
as in permanently
for all time
we'll be best friends forever
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2
as in constantly
on every relevant occasion
he is forever reminding me to wear my hat and gloves in cold weather
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as in months
a long or seemingly long period of time
it took forever to fill out all the forms
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Recent Examples of forever
Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2025
There’s at least one encore left for a $650,000 violin stolen from USC this month and thought to have been lost forever.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Chabeli Herrera, miamiherald, 17 Aug. 2017
Forever stamps are always equal to the current First-Class Mail service 1-ounce price.
—Michael McGough, sacbee, 14 July 2017
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Adverb
When the Sky Fell on Splendor (2019) This YA novel has been described as The Serpent King meets Stranger Things—an apt comparison for a story about a group of friends in small-town Ohio who encounter a strange, mysterious cosmic event that’ll change their lives forever.
—Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2025
There’s at least one encore left for a $650,000 violin stolen from USC this month and thought to have been lost forever.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
Forever is gonna start aboard Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas Monday with a concert of lunar proportions.
—Chabeli Herrera, miamiherald, 17 Aug. 2017
Forever stamps are always equal to the current First-Class Mail service 1-ounce price.
—Michael McGough, sacbee, 14 July 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forever
Adverb
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The monkeys have since been permanently housed at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, alongside two other baby spider monkeys, named Frankee and Bucees, who were seized in a separate Southwest border smuggling case, prosecutors aid.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Permanent Dyes Unlike temporary dyes, these permanently alter your hair structure in order to change the color.—
Anna Earl,
Parents,
21 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Maybe Mara, the Tisch family and the new minority owners will just ride this regime out through its fifth season regardless to run out the clock on their contracts and avoid constantly paying multiple regimes at once — just like Cowboys owner Jerry Jones did with Mike McCarthy to save a few bucks.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Her lymph nodes swelled constantly, but biopsies showed no cancer.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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These tests are expensive, invasive and not always easy to access.—
Allen Chang,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2025
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The boys club that comprises this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class also contains a female solo musician who has always been a striking presence: Cyndi Lauper.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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There’s a sensor dry feature that continually monitors temperature and moisture to determine the appropriate drying time.—
Christopher Murray,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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While the vacuum industry has continued to develop over the years, including robot helpers and beyond, cordless vacuums are continually getting better and more convenient to use thanks to slimmer, more streamlined bodies and wider capabilities like mopping dual features.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
18 Apr. 2025
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Junior Tashi Dorje looked the best, with three punts of more than 50 yards, including a long of 55, and two other punts of 45 yards.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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Corey Zeigler, a cyclist, longs for more space on the bridge.—
Dana Rubinstein,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2025
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The son of Hall of Famer Deion Sanders and a player once thought to be a potential No. 1 pick found himself in a similar spot as Aaron Rodgers, Brady Quinn, Geno Smith and all those other NFL quarterbacks who famously languished in that eternity of a limbo.—
Sam Farmer,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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The sacrifice meant the lovers were separated for eternity.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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After the conversations that will invariably take place across the community at the RSA conference in San Francisco, data protection cannot be viewed the same.—
Eric Herzog,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Protectionist policies invariably required new bureaucracies to enact them, determining which products from which countries would be subject to which tariffs or import licenses.—
JAVIER CORRALES,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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The National Civilian Community Corps deployed adults between the ages of 18 and 26 to work for weeks at a time to serve in communities, working on disaster response, environmental conservation and wildfire prevention across the country.—
Aishvarya Kavi,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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In fact, while autism is often diagnosed at this age, researchers have found brain differences as early as six months of age among kids who were later diagnosed as autistic.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Forever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forever. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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