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eon

[ee-uhn, ee-on] / ˈi ən, ˈi ɒn /
NOUN
an age
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But it would be three long years — a veritable eon during that pre-MTV era — before Harrison released the LP’s worthy successor.

From Salon Nov. 15, 2024

WIMBLEDON, England — The streak lived for 132 days or, in tennis time, an eon.

From Washington Post Jul. 2, 2022

When I started reporting on elections an eon ago, smartphones didn’t exist and a desktop was a typewriter.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2022

When a crystal containing 87Rb atoms formed from the molten surface of the hot, early Earth during the Hadean eon, the number of these atoms at that initial time can be represented as N87Rb,0.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Even Courtney does at times, and they’ve been friends for an eon and a day.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

But Villaraigosa left City Hall in 2013 — eons ago in the world of politics.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 16, 2026

As Lippman puts it, "It's a new window into the evolution of life across eons and a new opportunity to more efficiently engineer or fine-tune crop traits."

From Science Daily Mar. 14, 2026

Tanking’s been around for eons, though league commissioner Adam Silver said recently it has gotten “worse.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 2, 2026

For eons, most investors treated hot stocks the same way.

From Barron's Jan. 28, 2026

Annabeth gazed around the hut, trying to imagine how many eons Damasen had been exiled here—slaying the drakon, collecting its bones and hide and meat, knowing it would attack again the next day.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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