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perpetuity

[pur-pi-too-i-tee, -tyoo-] / ˌpɜr pɪˈtu ɪ ti, -ˈtju- /
NOUN
state of being perpetual
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Antonyms


NOUN
unlimited time
Synonyms
STRONG
WEAK
all time forever


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While the company will “struggle to grow,” the current stock price implies that its business shrinks 5% each year in perpetuity, he added.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

“We can’t just sit out in perpetuity, and I won’t,” he said in 2024.

From Slate Jul. 1, 2026

Bob’s move signals he’ll do anything to silence her, now and in perpetuity.

From Salon May 29, 2026

But his inquiry illuminates one possible pathway through the mirrored hallways where history and myth reflect and distort each other in seeming perpetuity.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

Johnson describes her actions during the war, but also details all the things Joey did for the patients at Tala, documenting it for perpetuity in the Congressional Record.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

That said, the law tends to frown on perpetuities as well as on legislative acts that bind future legislatures, except through constitutions.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 5, 2022

States began doing away with a centuries-old legal concept known as the "rule against perpetuities."

From Salon Dec. 18, 2021

“No more questions. I didn’t understand perpetuities in law school, and I don’t want to understand it now,” he said, laughing.

From The Guardian Nov. 14, 2019

That’s a hell of a lot better than you see at most foundations, which tend to be set up as perpetuities that give out the bare minimum of 5 percent of their assets each year.

From Slate May 11, 2018

Some had leases for thirty-one years or three lives, and there were some perpetuities.

From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by Godkin, James




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