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perpetually

[per-pech-oo-uh-lee] / pərˈpɛtʃ u ə li /


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It seems officiating is perpetually in the spotlight and the focus of critical debate.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Cognitive scientists have investigated whether the brain itself is Bayesian—a probabilistic inference engine, perpetually recalibrating, merging incoming sensory data with past experience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

It’s one of those Los Angeles gas stations that garners gasps, even shrieks, from Angelenos shocked by the cost per gallon, which is perpetually priced above other pumps across the city.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Women the Justice Department once regarded as potential Epstein co-conspirators have now been deemed victims, and are thus entitled to have records perpetually concealed at their request.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

All about me was a deep intense silence, and in it I heard my prayer, voiceless, wordless, rising up and up endlessly like the incense which burnt perpetually upon the altar.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya