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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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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

One takes place and then another one occurs ad infinitum.

From Salon Mar. 18, 2024

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

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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