aeon

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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

And he will do this again when the new aeon begins.

From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Hopkins, Edward Washburn