Example Sentences

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The internet boom and the rise of trendy handheld devices and gadgets that came in a rainbow array of colorways feels like eons ago now.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

These Knicks are a serious team, shrewdly constructed, and this may be the biggest compliment anyone’s given them in eons.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

As Lippman puts it, "It's a new window into the evolution of life across eons and a new opportunity to more efficiently engineer or fine-tune crop traits."

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

For eons, most investors treated hot stocks the same way.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Shaped through long eons of evolution, our genes not only make us what we are, but hold in their minute beings the future — be it one of promise or threat.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson