AEONIAN Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

aeonian

adjective

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Definition of aeonian

as in persistent

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Adjective

With almost 60% of Latino employment still spanning industries that traditionally pay less, Alvarez designed the report to capture growing income and employment in the context of persistent housing costs and working-class populations.

— Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Sheik’s career was marked by a persistent tension between mainstream recognition and his own resistance to the machinery of pop stardom.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of persistent

Adjective

After a lengthy award season that included endless campaigning over two phases of voting, the 78th Primetime Emmys have finally arrived.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026
But that achievement — reaching endless intelligence improvements, generated by machines — could also drive intelligence growth beyond human control.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of endless

Adjective

This dates back to the dawn of consumer-facing chatbot AI, which didn’t have a long honeymoon period as exciting and life-changing tech.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Rutte pledged to increase support for Ukraine and bolster the 32-nation alliance's own defenses along its long eastern border with Russia.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of long

Adjective

The answers say more about long-term viability than any success rate, because the system that survives at scale isn’t the one that fails least, but the one that fails best.

— Shivansh Inamdar, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
And then the Dolphins will be relying on second- and third-round picks to lift a defense that likely will need at least six, and potentially as many as nine, long-term starters.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of long-term

Adjective

Williamson never lets his viewers suffer through unnecessary and long-drawn-out scenes, even when the show’s rapid speed makes specific scenarios feel overly outlandish.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 June 2025
The vote-a-rama can be long-drawn-out and is often used to force lawmakers from both parties to go on the record about something - even unrelated to the core of the bill at hand - that can then be used for political purposes down the road.

— Deirdre Walsh, NPR, 19 Feb. 2025

Definition of long-drawn-out

Adjective

There is already a feeling among many supporters that the time spent poring over marginal decisions — all those interminable stoppages for calls that are going to cause dissatisfaction, whatever the outcome — is far too much.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
This brings us to an interminable exposition dump that accounts for more than a quarter of this episode’s runtime and includes multiple flashbacks.

— Chris Klimek, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of interminable

Adjective

Her lengthy arrest record grew over the following years, and in 1981 she was imprisoned after robbing a convenience store.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026
Anding, who resigned in July, said that Allen used the collapse as a pretext to completely gut and remodel the Lighthouse’s office area, which led to lengthy delays in reopening the building.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026

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