perpetuity
Example Sentences
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Bob’s move signals he’ll do anything to silence her, now and in perpetuity.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
A bank official said that the bank’s reasoning was that the debt owed ensured that the customers were slaves to the bank in perpetuity.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
John D. Rockefeller founded Standard Oil, the monopoly that spawned Exxon Mobil and other companies; he established the Rockefeller Foundation in perpetuity in 1913.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
The money was left in perpetuity by the art philanthropist and founder of the travel search engine Cheap Flights, Hugo Burge, who died in 2023 aged just 51.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
From the moment I achieved consciousness, I vowed to separate myself from the Scythedom in perpetuity.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing perpetuity
Vocabulary from the Magna Carta on its 800th Anniversary
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"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner
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Lincoln Inaugural Address (March 1861)
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