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
Most recently, the space agency launched Europa Clipper to scout out the habitability of a moon of Jupiter and developed the flying drone Dragonfly to study the environment of Titan, Saturn’s largest and perhaps most astrobiologically intriguing moon.
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Lee Billings, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
The astronauts will be the first to fly to the moon since Apollo 17 closed out NASA’s first chapter in moon exploration in 1972.
—Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
With a radius slightly larger than Earth’s moon, Kepler-37b was the smallest exoplanet to be discovered to that point.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Hera will visit the asteroid Didymos and its moon Dimorphos as part of the NASA/ESA Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) collaboration.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
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Lee Billings, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
The astronauts will be the first to fly to the moon since Apollo 17 closed out NASA’s first chapter in moon exploration in 1972.
—Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
With a radius slightly larger than Earth’s moon, Kepler-37b was the smallest exoplanet to be discovered to that point.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Hera will visit the asteroid Didymos and its moon Dimorphos as part of the NASA/ESA Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) collaboration.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moon
Noun
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Those tush-pushes can’t beat you if The Winter Soldier’s facing third-and-forevers.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
17 Jan. 2026
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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
Noun
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Janson Junk would be a logical option as a long-reliever, as well.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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The narrator cries, rages, longs for the living body and the lively boy, and obsesses over painful details, especially the bleak journey by sea that brought the remains of his beloved friend back home.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The country’s relatively high draft age and the exemption of the youngest draftees from the frontlines means the average age of a Ukrainian soldier is about 43 years, significantly older than in many western countries.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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Plus, taking out funds before age 59½ could trigger a 10% penalty, with some exceptions, said Collado, who is also a certified public accountant and a member of CNBC's Financial Advisor Council.—
Jessica Dickler,Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,
CNBC,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Moon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moon. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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