perpetuity

Example Sentences

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"On paper, this was another thunderclap quarter. And yet the stock dipped. The market is no longer pricing growth. It is pricing perpetuity."

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

John D. Rockefeller founded Standard Oil, the monopoly that spawned Exxon Mobil and other companies; he established the Rockefeller Foundation in perpetuity in 1913.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

The grandmotherly driving of today’s Waymos conjures images of two, excessively polite Midwesterners locked at an intersection, each beckoning the other to go first, back and forth in perpetuity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

Summer Walker, “Finally Over It” A sculpted eyebrow arched in perpetuity.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

It was his job to set the memory in perpetuity.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline