aeon
Example Sentences
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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
In this new era of oversharing, the 1994 of Four Weddings seems an aeon away.
From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2016
The time frame matches Bottke’s model and corresponds to the Archaean aeon.
From Nature • Apr. 25, 2012
The duration of an aeon he was not clear upon; but whatever its length, it was then an unusual and merciful limitation of eternal torture.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob
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