aeon
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In the supercentenarian league – 110 and above – the three-year gap between her and Knauss might as well be an aeon.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2019
So here's another important caveat: If a week is a long time in politics these days, a fortnight is an absolute aeon.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2018
The time frame matches Bottke’s model and corresponds to the Archaean aeon.
From Nature ● Apr. 25, 2012
How strange, though, to compare this reasonable piece of entertainment with the sensational impact of that first Shrek film, way back in 2001, an aeon in movie-trend terms.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2010
Nothing, in short, throughout universal nature, can for a moment be conceived to have been resigned to accident for its normal aeon.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas
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