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eternity

[ih-tur-ni-tee] / ɪˈtɜr nɪ ti /


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It treats all of eternity — that is, all of space-time — as an existing structure, and takes the passage of time to be an illusion.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

“Stobaeus offers his son a strictly pagan view of the afterlife, as a grim and joyless eternity spent underground.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

His mother planned every detail of those very first, life-changing flights with her son in mind, and that gift is one formative enough to last an eternity.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

When one morning turns into an eternity, you don’t ask for the bill.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

I have seen it myself: their hazy ghost bodies slithering into the glowing blue, eager to coil up and rest, untouched and unbothered for eternity.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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