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  • a variation of eon.
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aeon

[ee-uhn, ee-on] / ˈi ən, ˈi ɒn /




NOUN
eon
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In the supercentenarian league – 110 and above – the three-year gap between her and Knauss might as well be an aeon.

From The Guardian Nov. 30, 2019

So here's another important caveat: If a week is a long time in politics these days, a fortnight is an absolute aeon.

From BBC Nov. 28, 2018

Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images An aeon has passed, it seems, since last played a championship match at Hove.

From The Guardian Aug. 1, 2012

The time frame matches Bottke’s model and corresponds to the Archaean aeon.

From Nature Apr. 25, 2012

Roomy Eternity Casts her schemes rarely, And an aeon allows For each quality and part Of the multitudinous And many-chambered heart.

From Poems Household Edition by Ralph Waldo Emerson




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