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as in eternal
lasting forever
valentines typically express the giver's everlasting love and devotion
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as in immortal
having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish
Shakespeare's plays are still being performed 400 years later because they deal with everlasting truths and universal emotions
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as in perpetuity
endless time
that special bond that has existed between mother and child from everlasting
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as in God
capitalized
the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe
people who believe that the magnificence of the natural world is proof of the existence of the Everlasting
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Recent Examples of everlasting
Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
10 May 2026
Buckwheats are famous for attracting butterflies of every description, and their flowers are wonderful candidates for everlasting arrangements.
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Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
Trusting in God’s everlasting care for us opens our eyes to more of God’s protection and supply.
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Rachael Knight,
Christian Science Monitor,
11 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
An everlasting thank-you card fulfilling the wishes of any mom who may be feeling unappreciated, exhausted, or neglected?
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Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
10 May 2026
Buckwheats are famous for attracting butterflies of every description, and their flowers are wonderful candidates for everlasting arrangements.
—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
Noun
Because, not so far to the south, Miami was about to change, too, in a way profound, and everlasting.
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Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
Trusting in God’s everlasting care for us opens our eyes to more of God’s protection and supply.
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Rachael Knight,
Christian Science Monitor,
11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for everlasting
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If so, is even that level enough to beat his eternal rival, Pogačar?
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All that is simply the evidence of the novel’s global reach and its timelessness – or put another way, its eternal cultural relevance – at work.
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Bond villain Hugo Drax) imagines a vast, floating city suspended in darkness, inhabited by immortal beings who, out of boredom, begin tinkering with the construct of time.
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Lobo As the cigar-smoking, alien, bounty hunter who teams up with Supergirl, Lobo possesses immense strength and is essentially immortal, having lived for hundreds of years.
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Tying the hands of mayors in perpetuity and shielding them from accountability for the scourge of guns is not how to respond to one mayor’s mistakes.
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What is grief, after all, if not a reaction to the overwhelming perpetuity of mortality?
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The first — Nietzsche’s 1881 Eternal Recurrence — is a life test by design, echoing Camus’ Sisyphus.
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Some cultures, Eliade shows, preserve their eternals by simply denying the force of history; in Lyell’s case, the culture at hand was Christianity, and the ideal was the unique status of humankind.
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Asteroids are notoriously difficult to spot from Earth against the endless darkness of space.
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In the early Seventies, demand for gauzy evocations of the past was nearly endless.
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Blazers, button-ups, chinos, and deck shoes have all become enduring elements of women’s wardrobes.
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Heat and humidity couldn’t take down the Northside Hospital Peachtree Road Race and its 45,000-plus runners, one of Atlanta’s most enduring traditions.
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Rainier proposed to Kelly at her parents’ home in Philadelphia in 1955 with a simple ruby-and-diamond (the colors of the Monaco flag) Cartier eternity band.
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Rakholia also noted that the princess appeared to be wearing an Annoushka eternity band given to her by husband Prince William at the time of their first child Prince George’s birth in 2013.
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Amid the ongoing domestic assault investigation, Mortensen filed for a protective order against Paul on March 19, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.
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The talks come after the Qatari prime minister met with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Tuesday to discuss ongoing US-Iran talks and regional developments.
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“Everlasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/everlasting. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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