aeons

variants or eons
plural of aeon
as in months
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? Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 From these vantage points, old and new Aspen converge in a panoramic sweep of mountains that have towered here for eons, rooftops of condos that sprang up in recent years, a swirl of tourists mingling with longtime locals. Spencer Elliott, Forbes, 9 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 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 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 Many have struggled with the ethical conundrum and the whole mind-bending shenanigan is undoubtedly going to remain a morally thorny topic for eons to come. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aeons
Noun
  • More than 20 people were shot, including nine children whose ages ranged from 6 to 15.
    Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • Louise Watley Library will host a break from the heat in the form of a relaxing coloring program geared toward all ages several times throughout the month.
    Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
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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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  • Just as Mari and Marie-Lou’s actual time together is short but opens up new inner eternities for both, so is there some kind of temporal voodoo at work on the viewer.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • And whether those eternities are as pleasant as the few presented in the film Eternity is unclear.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2025

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“Aeons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aeons. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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