aeon
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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
In this new era of oversharing, the 1994 of Four Weddings seems an aeon away.
From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2016
Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images An aeon has passed, it seems, since last played a championship match at Hove.
From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2012
The time frame matches Bottke’s model and corresponds to the Archaean aeon.
From Nature • Apr. 25, 2012
Amongst birds, one species at least has become extinct in our own generation: its aeon was accomplished.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
