variants
or eons
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?
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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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There's a supervised kids club for ages three to 12 called Loggers, and for teens there's Hide Away, featuring table tennis, arcade games, and a cool space to hang with new friends.—
Allison Tibaldi,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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The shows are carefully created to suit all ages — the kind of shows where some lines go over kids’ heads and hit the funnybones of an older crowd.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2026
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
Noun
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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
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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 9 Jun. 2026.
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