aeons

variants or eons
plural of aeon
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? 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
  • But this season will be the first time in ages that Boumedienne, now 18, starts on a level playing field with his peers.
    Murat Ates, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In 2021, Phillips disappeared with his three children — Jayda, Maverick and Ember, now believed to be ages 9, 10 and 12 — after an alleged dispute with their mother, per police.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 8 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
  • This tells you that the profit-takers aren’t being super-aggressive and that the longs are staying put.
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025

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