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as in immortal
having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish
a charming fable that presents some eternal truths in a fresh way
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as in endless
lasting forever
the quest for some magic potion that promises eternal youth
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Recent Examples of eternal
Kevin Sherrington
feb. 25, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
Spotify has created a playlist generator to help curate users’ eternal soundtrack, and those who purchase the urn can sync the playlist directly to it.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026
Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2022
But hope springs eternal, maybe more so in baseball than anywhere else.
—John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2022
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Adjective
Hope springs eternal and all that.
—Kevin Sherrington
feb. 25, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
Spotify has created a playlist generator to help curate users’ eternal soundtrack, and those who purchase the urn can sync the playlist directly to it.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
These ancient seas and islands offer some reassuring glimpse of the eternal.
—Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2022
But hope springs eternal, maybe more so in baseball than anywhere else.
—John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eternal
Adjective
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The man, after all, was immortal in Denver, with two Super Bowl rings as a player and one as an executive.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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While all FRPs are extremely strong despite their relatively light weight, UNC’s self-healing FRP composites are even stronger than typical FRP composites, and compared with the standard FRP composite lifespan of decades (a problem since the 1930s), are practically immortal.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Feb. 2026
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Rice cooked in a paella dish over a wood fire, oven-baked, or made in a creamy broth—with just vegetables, with fish or meat, with tomato, with squid ink—the possibilities are endless and there’s a rice dish to satisfy any palate.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
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This private villa is perched on the foothills of the Dassang coastline and looks out at rice fields and endless stretches of ocean.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
26 Feb. 2026
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Whether teenagers’ and young adults’ attraction to the analog world of music, books, and real-life experiences is an enduring or passing trend remains to be seen.—
Luba Kassova,
Fortune,
24 Feb. 2026
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Its popularity among samurai led to some of sumo’s most enduring innovations, including the use of shikona, or ring names, to hide the identities of masterless ronin.—
Joshua Hunt,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Yunseo Chung Immigration officials moved to deport Yunseo Chung, a then-21-year-old Columbia undergraduate from South Korea with permanent resident status, in March 2025 after she and other students were arrested by local law enforcement at a sit-in at the university.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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Margherita Maccapani Missoni has been busy this season, not only creating a fall collection but also showcasing it at the brand’s first permanent space in Milan, on Via Leopardi 26, not far from Parco Sempione.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Mahdawi also has an ongoing case in federal district court arguing he was unlawfully detained.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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Sunday's unrest came amid ongoing cross-border fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which began Thursday after Afghanistan launched attacks in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes the previous Sunday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Mar. 2026
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Officials said overnight enforcement will focus on common and continuing offenses such as commercial vehicles parked in residential areas and permit violations.—
Michelle Deal-Zimmerman,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Mar. 2025
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State of the labor market Initial weekly unemployment insurance claims have held in a fairly steady range around 220,000, though continuing claims earlier in November had hit their highest level in about three years.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
5 Dec. 2024
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Then there’s Rick Devens, whose reputation coming off of his fourth-place finish in season 38’s Edge of Extinction is less of a coldly calculating snake than a perpetual-motion machine whose strategizing and idol-hunting has the 50 returnees already exhausted at the thought of playing with him.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
25 Feb. 2026
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Like a kind of obsolescence foretold, Evaporator’s 11 songs don’t really go anywhere, locked into the perpetual first act of circular motion.—
Ben Cardew,
Pitchfork,
23 Feb. 2026
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Becoming a bestseller can build a solid foundation that leads to lasting returns for an author and their business.—
Malana Van Tyler,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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In this 200-page book, Hostetter teaches you how to make lasting repairs to everything from fabrics to boots, tents, sleeping pads, kitchenware, stoves, and more.—
Ebony Roberts,
Outside,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Eternal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eternal. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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