eternity
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Less than a minute remained on the clock during the biggest chess match of Bodhana Sivanandan’s short career last weekend, but to her, it was practically an eternity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
In the age of Instagram, everyone’s 15 minutes of fame has turned into an eternity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
It's been 24 years since they last won this tournament, a veritable eternity for them.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Without her, the line went on for eternity.
From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson
“The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness,” wrote Vladimir Nabokov.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 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
Alabama doesn’t do eternities anymore under Saban, and by Saturday, sitting at a round table during media day, sophomore J.C.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2016
I remember: it happened yesterday, or eternities ago.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
Vocabulary lists containing eternity
"To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell
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"Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson
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