aeon
Example Sentences
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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
A whole aeon of resinous sunbeams breathed their essence through the dark from the spicy evergreens.
From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
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