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ad infinitum

[ad in-fuh-nahy-tuhm, adin-] / ˈæd ˌɪn fəˈnaɪ təm, ˌædɪn- /
ADJECTIVE
neverending
Synonyms




ad-infinitum


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A long game of phone tag ensued with assistant reaching out to assistant ad infinitum until eventually Cooper was contacted and he happened to be nearby.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

Scientists don’t currently know whether that expansion will continue indefinitely or, if so, whether it will keep accelerating ad infinitum.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 29, 2023

Legal microdirectives sent en masse for countless scenarios, each representing authoritative legal findings formulated by opaque computational processes, could create an expansive and increasingly complex body of law that would grow ad infinitum.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2023

It looked like it would go on that way ad infinitum.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2023

Flies with heads and tails make eggs with heads and tails, which make embryos with heads and tails, which grow into flies with heads and tails, and so forth, ad infinitum.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

NFTs, which might be anything from personalized “skins,” or costumes, for avatars to digital art, can be traded ad-infinitum, potentially growing in value with each trade.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2021


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