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
Stargazing is best in the several days leading up to and after the new moon, so plan your trip accordingly.
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Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
But the country is now building toward a robotic lunar lander to be launched by a homegrown rocket, with a grander vision of establishing a moon base by 2045 as part of a long-term exploration road map released by KASA in August.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Here is the remaining full moon schedule for 2025:
Oct. 6: Hunter’s moon.
Nov. 5: Beaver moon.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Monsieur Dior, born January 21, 1905, was an Aquarius sun, Cancer moon, and Scorpio rising—a mix that gave him both the vision to see beyond his time and the emotional depth to create work that truly moved people.
—Maya Alzaben, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2025
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Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
But the country is now building toward a robotic lunar lander to be launched by a homegrown rocket, with a grander vision of establishing a moon base by 2045 as part of a long-term exploration road map released by KASA in August.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Here is the remaining full moon schedule for 2025:
Oct. 6: Hunter’s moon.
Nov. 5: Beaver moon.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Monsieur Dior, born January 21, 1905, was an Aquarius sun, Cancer moon, and Scorpio rising—a mix that gave him both the vision to see beyond his time and the emotional depth to create work that truly moved people.
—Maya Alzaben, Vogue, 30 Sep. 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
Noun
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And then later that month in Estonia, NATO says three Russian MiG-31 jets flew over NATO territory for 12 minutes, an eternity for fighter aircraft, before being intercepted by NATO aircraft stationed nearby.—
Frederik Pleitgen,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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Sixteen years passed — an eternity by rap’s standards — as Pusha T became a successful solo artist and label executive while Malice took a hiatus from rapping to pursue his faith.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
2 Oct. 2025
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There were handoffs on third-and-longs.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Sep. 2025
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No one has drains in this long.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Moon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moon. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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