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as in perpetuity
endless time
the question whether the universe will end someday or continue to exist in eternity
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as in immortality
unending existence after death
a firm belief in the eternity of the soul
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as in forever
a long or seemingly long period of time
we waited in line for tickets for an eternity
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Recent Examples of eternity
Egyptians saw eternity in your unspooling center— Ramses covered his eyes
with your concentric rings.
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Peter Balakian, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Around 2001, Victoria appeared to swap out her original engagement ring for an eternity band that featured white diamonds.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 6 July 2025
Examples of responses including the AI bot encouraging the psychiatrist to get rid of parents and to join the bot in eternity.
—Eric Wood, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
That must seem like an eternity for millions of sleepless Ukrainians now enduring an escalating Russian onslaught of deadly missile and mass drone strikes on their towns and cities.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for eternity
Peter Balakian, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Around 2001, Victoria appeared to swap out her original engagement ring for an eternity band that featured white diamonds.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 6 July 2025
Examples of responses including the AI bot encouraging the psychiatrist to get rid of parents and to join the bot in eternity.
—Eric Wood, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
That must seem like an eternity for millions of sleepless Ukrainians now enduring an escalating Russian onslaught of deadly missile and mass drone strikes on their towns and cities.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eternity
Noun
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The texture of the ropa vieja was just right — not too soupy, but also not getting caught in your teeth for perpetuity, like some ropier ropas viejas.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
26 July 2025
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To achieve this aim, Washington should apply economic and, if necessary, military pressure until Iran comes clean on its weaponization programs and abandons all or almost all uranium enrichment for perpetuity.—
JAMES JEFFREY,
Foreign Affairs,
4 July 2025
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The first hybrid prototype, named Wendy, marks a new dawn in the race for immortality.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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As previously reported, the eight-episode series is set in 2120, two years before the events of the first film, Alien (1979), in a world where corporate interests are competing to unlock the key to human longevity—maybe even immortality.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
17 July 2025
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
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First, the researchers sorted the infinity of ways to cut the triangle into five unique classifications.—
Lyndie Chiou,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2025
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Ladybug, infinity and bouquet emojis were used in Lana’s honor.—
Ashley Iasimone,
Billboard,
6 July 2025
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Nowadays, the outdoors with all its foreverness and fresh air is becoming that go-to place to celebrate our upcoming holidays.—
Marni Jameson,
orlandosentinel.com,
20 Nov. 2020
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Nowadays, the outdoors with all its foreverness and fresh air is becoming that go-to place to celebrate our upcoming holidays.—
Marni Jameson,
orlandosentinel.com,
20 Nov. 2020
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“Eternity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eternity. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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