as in forever
a long or seemingly long period of time
we've been planning this big event for many moons
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Recent Examples of moon
This week, they’re dominated by the moon, which enters its bulging gibbous phase in advance of next week’s full strawberry moon.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
And despite the fruity label, this month’s moon won’t actually look pink.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2025
The new moon on June 25 is an invitation to set intentions around community and impact.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 June 2025
The Gorse Conflict Unsafe conditions in the mining world of Gorse and its moon Cynda force Kanan Jarrus (a Jedi survivor of Order 66) to take a stand against the Empire.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 May 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
And despite the fruity label, this month’s moon won’t actually look pink.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2025
The new moon on June 25 is an invitation to set intentions around community and impact.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 June 2025
The Gorse Conflict Unsafe conditions in the mining world of Gorse and its moon Cynda force Kanan Jarrus (a Jedi survivor of Order 66) to take a stand against the Empire.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moon
Noun
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One way to mess with an option team’s Plan A is to not only stick them with third-and-forevers, but to put them in an early hole, making them throw out of desperation.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
14 Sep. 2019
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Printed with thermochromic ink, the stamp reveals a second image of the moon when a finger is pressed to it, and a sheet of 16 Forever stamps features a map of the eclipse path.—
Meg Jones,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
18 Aug. 2017
Noun
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The girls are stationary in the car for only a few seconds, but in the morning, the photos achieve awe, scorn and eternity.—
Jeff Weiss,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2025
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Best View There’s no bad view along this hike, but the perspective from the grove of Torrey Pines gives you a broad field of vision that takes in the grasslands, cliffs, and Pacific that stretches on for eternity.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
30 May 2025
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One longs for the sinewy action of a Transformers flick, or the imaginative gravity of something like the first Pacific Rim.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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After having a portrait done by the talented painter Basil, Dorian longs for the picture to age and wither instead of him.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
21 May 2025
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“Moon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moon. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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