variants
or eons
as in ages
a long or seemingly long period of time
it's been aeons since I saw a movie at the multiplex glaciers that formed aeons ago
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Recent Examples of aeons
Remember Mass Effect, the nearly 20 year old series everyone likes that has been doing this kind of thing for eons?
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
If scientists can do that, however, next-generation geothermal power could supply clean energy for eons.
—Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
Despite the intervening eons, this pattern should still be etched across the cosmos in the spatial distributions of galaxies.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 28 Feb. 2025
Though the global changes of the Cryogenic happened eons ago, Kirkland sees parallels with the wide-scale climate changes of today.
—Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
This modest study of unlikely community found at the end of the world — or damn near close enough — gains a more mythic sweep as the island is faced with a perilous storm, expected to bring destructive flooding on a scale not seen in eons, and this ragtag crew must weather it together.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
If scientists can do that, however, next-generation geothermal power could supply clean energy for eons.
—Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
Despite the intervening eons, this pattern should still be etched across the cosmos in the spatial distributions of galaxies.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 28 Feb. 2025
Though the global changes of the Cryogenic happened eons ago, Kirkland sees parallels with the wide-scale climate changes of today.
—Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
This modest study of unlikely community found at the end of the world — or damn near close enough — gains a more mythic sweep as the island is faced with a perilous storm, expected to bring destructive flooding on a scale not seen in eons, and this ragtag crew must weather it together.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aeons
Noun
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All other ages were in single digits, SSA said.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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Police discovered that two men, ages 37 and 41, had sustained gunshot wounds to the head.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There were handoffs on third-and-longs.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Sep. 2025
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One longs to see a full scene of Candy in action onscreen or in a home video, rather than just snippets.—
Beandrea July,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Aeons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aeons. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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