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eternity

[ih-tur-ni-tee] / ɪˈtɜr nɪ ti /


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Seventeen years have passed since the Yankees last won the World Series, an eternity on the corner of East 161st Street and River Avenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Maiava’s average time to throw while under pressure so far this season is nearly four seconds, which, by Big Ten standards, is an eternity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

"The summer has been without a big action title for nine weeks -- an eternity at the box office. The market is ripe-ripe-ripe for this film."

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

"May her beauty and talent be a memory for eternity."

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

But an untold truth was a heavy thing, and Clare did not want to carry that weight for eternity.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

We have been imagining and describing one of those ostensible eternities — the afterlife — for millenniums.

From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

I think back on how those long, slow last days with Tessa, free from distractions at work or worry about bills, seemed to last eternities.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2021

Chidi and Eleanor had eternities on end together, but when Chidi traded his philosophy texts for a copy of The Da Vinci Code, it was clear that his end, at least, was nigh.

From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2020

In Brandon, for eternities, they’ll fondly remember his varsity debut against Petal.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2019

She stares at him for a few seconds that feel like eternities, then blinks a few times and seems to come back to herself.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone


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