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ad infinitum

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




ad-infinitum


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Film, he did, ad infinitum, particularly enjoying the spy genre in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” which garnered him his first Oscar nomination as lead actor in 2012, long before Jackson Lamb appeared on his radar.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2025

But is it the best way to spent $600 million–plus in taxpayer dollars, every year, ad infinitum?

From Slate Jul. 8, 2025

Thorvaldsdottir, in a mode characteristically abstract yet suggestive, could prolong an idea like this ad infinitum.

From New York Times Apr. 21, 2023

Depending on the initial placement of the constituent cells, their clusters can showcase surprisingly complex behaviors such as self-replication ad infinitum.

From Scientific American Apr. 6, 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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