as in months
a long or seemingly long period of time
it took forever to fill out all the forms
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Recent Examples of forevers
Those tush-pushes can’t beat you if The Winter Soldier’s facing third-and-forevers.
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Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forevers
Noun
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The narrator cries, rages, longs for the living body and the lively boy, and obsesses over painful details, especially the bleak journey by sea that brought the remains of his beloved friend back home.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Before long, the film will shift gears to a third main character, Madame Suman’s daughter-in-law Nat (a steely Davika Hoorne), who recently died of lung disease and longs for her still-living husband March (Witsarut Himmarat).—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Family The hotel accepts only children who are over 12—although Villa One accepts all ages and Villa Two over-eights.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Feb. 2026
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This storied project has taken ages because it's been funded solely by private donations, and has seen numerous architects take the lead in building it over several decades.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And whether those eternities are as pleasant as the few presented in the film Eternity is unclear.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
28 Nov. 2025
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Two eternities, two versions of a life Luke’s eternity is a mountain paradise—quiet, romantic, held in the amber of a love cut short.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
26 Nov. 2025
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“Forevers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forevers. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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