variants
or chiefly British aeon
as in forever
a long or seemingly long period of time
it's been eons since I saw a movie at the multiplex glaciers that formed eons ago
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Recent Examples of eon
After eons of construction, the bandages came off Willoughby Square last year to reveal Abolitionist Place, a one-acre enclave of greenery, water, leisure, and play designed by the landscape-architecture firm Hargreaves Jones and encircled by skyscrapers.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2025
Each syllable an aeon, each body its true size.
—Jana Prikryl, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
That these famous names were dedicating time and energy to the cause nearly two years later felt to me like a poor attempt to rectify what felt like eons of damning, upsetting silence.
—Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2025
The oceans and atmosphere are massive and, importantly, open, shaped by far-reaching forces that act on timescales ranging from hours to eons.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2025
Each syllable an aeon, each body its true size.
—Jana Prikryl, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
That these famous names were dedicating time and energy to the cause nearly two years later felt to me like a poor attempt to rectify what felt like eons of damning, upsetting silence.
—Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2025
The oceans and atmosphere are massive and, importantly, open, shaped by far-reaching forces that act on timescales ranging from hours to eons.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eon
Noun
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One way to mess with an option team’s Plan A is to not only stick them with third-and-forevers, but to put them in an early hole, making them throw out of desperation.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
14 Sep. 2019
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Printed with thermochromic ink, the stamp reveals a second image of the moon when a finger is pressed to it, and a sheet of 16 Forever stamps features a map of the eclipse path.—
Meg Jones,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
18 Aug. 2017
Noun
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On the surface, Trump longs for grandeur.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Last week, even though the Chiefs did a great job containing him (Gibbs averaged 4 yards per carry, with a long of just 15 yards), Gibbs got 17 carries, including a whopping nine on the Lions' first drive.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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What 21-year-old Roman Kantserov is doing in the KHL so far this season is uncommon for players his age.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Japan, one of the world’s most homogeneous nations, faces deepening labor shortages as its birth rate plummets and its population ages.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Eon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eon. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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