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eon

noun as in 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.

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The lands whose governance was at stake are vaster than any nation, and it’s possible the consequences of the vote will be felt for eons.

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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.

It happened to be where it was; it had probably been there for eons.

Dennehotso, where Begaye lives, lies an hour away from the red-rock formations of Monument Valley, which were shaped by eons of water and wind erosion but resemble artworks chiseled by a sculptor.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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