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

In this new era of oversharing, the 1994 of Four Weddings seems an aeon away.

From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2016

The time frame matches Bottke’s model and corresponds to the Archaean aeon.

From Nature • Apr. 25, 2012

The first heaven-wandering lights I see ascend     Upon the seventh and ninth centenary,     When in the Archer's realm three years shall be     Added, this aeon and our age to end.

From Sonnets by Symonds, John Addington