as in forever
a long or seemingly long period of time
we've been planning this big event for many moons
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Recent Examples of moon
Our own moon shows evidence of primeval tidal heating, too.
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Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
In our own neighborhood, Hubble has studied the changing weather on the outer planets, discovered moons orbiting Pluto and watched the once-in-a-lifetime impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter scar the giant planet with dark spots as big as Earth.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2025
So here is a handy guide to the many planets (and moons) visited or mentioned by the characters in Andor’s second season.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
The Apollo moon missions were arguably the greatest exploration exercises in human history and women and people of color were entirely excluded from them.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 13 Apr. 2025
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Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
In our own neighborhood, Hubble has studied the changing weather on the outer planets, discovered moons orbiting Pluto and watched the once-in-a-lifetime impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter scar the giant planet with dark spots as big as Earth.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2025
So here is a handy guide to the many planets (and moons) visited or mentioned by the characters in Andor’s second season.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
The Apollo moon missions were arguably the greatest exploration exercises in human history and women and people of color were entirely excluded from them.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moon
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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The son of Hall of Famer Deion Sanders and a player once thought to be a potential No. 1 pick found himself in a similar spot as Aaron Rodgers, Brady Quinn, Geno Smith and all those other NFL quarterbacks who famously languished in that eternity of a limbo.—
Sam Farmer,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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The sacrifice meant the lovers were separated for eternity.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2025
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Junior Tashi Dorje looked the best, with three punts of more than 50 yards, including a long of 55, and two other punts of 45 yards.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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Corey Zeigler, a cyclist, longs for more space on the bridge.—
Dana Rubinstein,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Moon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moon. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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