eons ago

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The internet boom and the rise of trendy handheld devices and gadgets that came in a rainbow array of colorways feels like eons ago now.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

Harold Prince’s 1979 Broadway premiere, starring Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury, seems like eons ago in terms of creative possibility.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

The dot-com bubble was nearing its peak 26 years ago, and on Wall Street, where most careers are not even measured in decades, that’s eons ago.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025

One theory holds that, eons ago, several apocalyptic eruptions set off a runaway greenhouse effect on Venus, turning it from a temperate, waterlogged world into an arid desert of burned glass.

From New York Times • May 27, 2024

I mean, you’d think the titan lotd would’ve learned his lesson eons ago when he was overthrown by the gods.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan