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as in forever
for all time
a group of jaded teenagers with their perpetually bored expressions
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as in constantly
on every relevant occasion
the perpetually smiling host of the morning talk show
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Recent Examples of perpetually
Chicago traded away any hint of cohesion, weary of a middling cycle that perpetually sent it to the Play-In Tournament.
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Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Rather than creating a retreat, the room can feel perpetually switched on—and that’s not what most people want at the end of the day.
—Natasha Bazika, Martha Stewart, 7 Mar. 2026
Specifically, Hancock and Abbott underestimated Huffines, a grassroots favorite with plenty of cash and who seems to be perpetually on the trail.
—Karen Brooks Harper
austin Bureau, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
Americans allegedly live alongside it, buying on credit, carrying heavy debt, and perpetually one illness, accident, or lost job away from financial catastrophe.
—Lavender Au, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
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Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Rather than creating a retreat, the room can feel perpetually switched on—and that’s not what most people want at the end of the day.
—Natasha Bazika, Martha Stewart, 7 Mar. 2026
Specifically, Hancock and Abbott underestimated Huffines, a grassroots favorite with plenty of cash and who seems to be perpetually on the trail.
—Karen Brooks Harper
austin Bureau, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
Americans allegedly live alongside it, buying on credit, carrying heavy debt, and perpetually one illness, accident, or lost job away from financial catastrophe.
—Lavender Au, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpetually
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While this may confine a human’s dream of immortality to solutions that rely on technological enhancements, bio-hacking your body, or science-fiction level technology that relies on novel physical laws and/or phenomena, there’s still plenty that relativity has to say about living forever.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
12 Mar. 2026
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That’s a strong hook, but Thai filmmaker Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke is just getting started with an erotic political tragicomedy that, like a Roomba, is forever veering off in unexpected directions.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Robots beyond lab environments The company says its technology has already been tested in production environments where robots must deal with constantly changing materials and workflows.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Mar. 2026
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Veteran commuters constantly weigh the stress of traffic over the stress of being late to work.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Mar. 2026
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In Season 1, confronted with overdoses, drownings, and a host of other crises great and small, the team nevertheless found time to deliver the soapiness that the best medical series have always brought.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Not so Grace, who always seems aware of an audience on the other side of the movie screen, waiting to be entertained.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Evolutionary importance and modern life While the appendix has an interesting past, with evolution continually reinventing it, its modern importance is modest at best.—
Lilia Goncharova,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
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The physical 5-foot-10 guard continually attacked the basket and scored a game-high 44 points, including sinking 14 of 19 free throws.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Whether the latest strike has destroyed the site permanently is not yet clear, and analysts will be monitoring satellite imagery for signs of further reconstruction.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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The fast-food franchise also announced that Nacho Fries would be joining the menu permanently.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Players and coaches have consistently complained about a lack of traction, in addition to concerns about the LED lights being distracting and lines being hard to make out on the floor.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
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But taken as a whole, either by decade or particular telecast, the Oscars is mostly, and consistently, apolitical.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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French bangs—the eternally cool and messy-yet-polished style—are all about the illusion of nonchalance.—
Calin Van Paris,
InStyle,
11 Mar. 2026
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But the eternally elusive prospect of escaping the city and its grey slush beckons, and there’s no better escape than these sultry, summery Hamptons novels.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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However, analysts say that this rollback in financial incentives might suppress demand for new EV purchases, as the market expects costs to invariably get transferred to consumers.—
Matthew Chin,Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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Her writing invariably sparks discourse, sometimes misogynistic, often written off as jealousy over her success.—
Malavika Kannan,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Perpetually.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perpetually. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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