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eon

[ee-uhn, ee-on] / ˈi ən, ˈi ɒn /
NOUN
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.

From Salon Nov. 15, 2024

WIMBLEDON, England — The streak lived for 132 days or, in tennis time, an eon.

From Washington Post Jul. 2, 2022

When I started reporting on elections an eon ago, smartphones didn’t exist and a desktop was a typewriter.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2022

For more than an eon, the landmass formed a nearly unbroken blanket over a large swath of the planet, trapping in the heat deep below the surface.

From National Geographic Feb. 11, 2021

I haven’t thought about her in an eon.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

Their interests lie in both the now and the then, stretching eons into the past to track where we’ve come from to find out where we’re going next.

From Salon Apr. 12, 2026

As Lippman puts it, "It's a new window into the evolution of life across eons and a new opportunity to more efficiently engineer or fine-tune crop traits."

From Science Daily Mar. 14, 2026

Tanking’s been around for eons, though league commissioner Adam Silver said recently it has gotten “worse.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 2, 2026

For eons, most investors treated hot stocks the same way.

From Barron's Jan. 28, 2026

The arena floor remained solid, but otherwise the stadium looked as if it hadn’t hosted a good giant killing for eons.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan




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