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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
And while the other stuff — the hallucinations, strange noises, the eerie soundscape — might frighten from time to time, Alma is what’s truly scary, forcing players to perpetually keep their flashlight on and doublechecking every corner.
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Will Borger, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
At the time, the Great Depression wore heavily on Americans, and Temple’s effervescence, wit, and perpetually bright demeanor seemed to give the country hope amid dark days.
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2025
In fact, the term itself was an epithet throughout the founding era, a way to describe ignorant and easily deceived popular majorities, perpetually vulnerable to demagogues.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
And listen, hockey is a beautiful but complicated game whose tactics will perpetually be underrepresented in media, and this column is hardly the place to fix that problem.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Will Borger, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
At the time, the Great Depression wore heavily on Americans, and Temple’s effervescence, wit, and perpetually bright demeanor seemed to give the country hope amid dark days.
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2025
In fact, the term itself was an epithet throughout the founding era, a way to describe ignorant and easily deceived popular majorities, perpetually vulnerable to demagogues.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
And listen, hockey is a beautiful but complicated game whose tactics will perpetually be underrepresented in media, and this column is hardly the place to fix that problem.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpetually
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Marshawn will forever be a part of the Bronco brotherhood.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen and Callum Turner get their rom-com on for new A24 film Eternity, which follows a woman who, in the afterlife, must choose to spend forever with her longtime husband or her first love, who died young and waited decades for her.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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The incident's central command constantly receives progress reports from firefighters on the ground.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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The issues began when Asuka constantly offered Sky help in her WWE Women's World Championship matches.—
Fernando Quiles Jr,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Researchers also discovered that dark energy had not always been dominant, appearing to begin its rule and start speeding up the expansion of the universe around 5 billion years ago, or roughly 9 billion years after the Big Bang.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The best leaders question assumptions, reimagine progress and always keep humanity at their core.—
Kelly Jones,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Winkler Bakery Winston-Salem, North Carolina Established in 1807, this Old Salem bakery is one of the oldest continually operating bakeries in the South.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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And researchers and regulators continually monitor all vaccines.—
NPR,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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For Native people, the war marked a dangerous fork in the road, stirring famine, spurring a massive refugee crisis, and permanently shifting the balance of power in the heart of the continent.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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World leaders come to the White House for Oval Office sit-downs almost every week; negotiations over tariffs are permanently front and center.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Philadelphia is consistently in the market for outfielders and acquiring one of Adell or Ward will be much cheaper than the contract that Kyle Tucker will command when free agency begins.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The novella is a haunted house, dual point of view ride where the metaphors from the top down are consistently delivered.—
Amber McBride,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Elegant, confident and eternally expressive, both make a stylish pair, effortlessly turning heads while basking in the adoration.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Along the way, the protagonist must also find a way to lift the curse on his eternally slumbering friend, who happens to be the prince.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
16 Oct. 2025
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These are invariably fueled by science, as well as by competing interests in realms of economic or commercial opportunity, driving investments in multiple places.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
10 Nov. 2025
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Contrarily, Seehorn is invariably generous toward her fans, her collaborators from the bottom up and the work that bonds them all.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Perpetually.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perpetually. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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