blue moons

noun

plural of blue moon
as in months
a long or seemingly long period of time once in a blue moon we'll get dressed up and eat in a fancy restaurant

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Recent Examples of blue moons Sometimes a single year can even feature two blue moons. — Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 29 May 2026 May 2027 and December 2028 will also bring blue moons, according to RMG. — Mariyam Muhammad, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026 Super blue moons can also occur, but don’t be fooled by the name. — Callum Sutherland, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
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  1. ages
  2. forevers
  3. longs
  4. moons
Noun
  • FluMist is also another option, which instead of injection form, is a live influenza vaccine nasal spray for people ages 2 to 49 years old and contains egg proteins.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • As soon as the actors share a frame, however, their ages exist within the fiction, allowing Maguire’s and Garfield’s Spider-Men to commiserate about back pain that the younger Holland’s Peter has yet to endure.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of ages
Noun
  • Those tush-pushes can’t beat you if The Winter Soldier’s facing third-and-forevers.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
Definition of forevers
Noun
  • The seat is as hot as it’s ever been for Mike Norvell as FSU longs for a return to the quality of 2023.
    — Andre C. Fernandez, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Restless to prove useful, River longs to do actual sleuthing.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of longs
Noun
  • For larger moons, however, the ocean can actually deepen after the moon coalesces back together again following an impact.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Impact craters have also helped shape the surfaces of the rocky planets and moons across our solar system, said Jeff Andrews-Hanna, a professor in the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
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