moon

noun

ˈmün How to pronounce moon (audio)
Definition of moonnext
as in forever
a long or seemingly long period of time we've been planning this big event for many moons

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Recent Examples of moon Japan launched a $578 million mission Monday on a five-year expedition to land on the largest moon of Mars and retrieve samples for return to Earth, Ars reports. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026 By studying Mars' moons, scientists hope to learn whether Phobos and Deimos formed in the aftermath of an ancient collision between Mars and a battering space rock. — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026 The Orionid meteor shower creates one of the most brilliant displays in the night sky each fall — but this year’s celestial event may have a dimmer showing due to a bright moon. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026 Japan has set off on an ambitious journey to Mars to bring back samples from one of the planet’s two small moons. — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for moon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moon
  1. forever
  2. long
  3. age
Noun
  • There is a certain ease and flow to the conversation with your forevers.
    — Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 17 May 2026
  • Miami trailed 1-0 fast, in the sixth minute, when the defense left Guilherme Biro unmarked for a downward header off a corner kick, gifting Biro the forever-history of the first goal in the new stadium.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Definition of forever
Noun
  • The nearly 70-foot-long tugboat changed ownership several times before it was abandoned at the mouth of the Amnicon River in 1951.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • In this painful experience, one is exposed (the betrayal that is blushing) and longs to hide oneself.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of long
Noun
  • Current facial recognition systems, originally developed for photographs, can compare faces despite differences in pose, lighting, expression, age, and image quality.
    — Karen Chernick, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Other foldables do this too — Samsung and Google and Huawei have been pushing the envelope of gadget-y smartphones for ages — but Apple’s played it so safe for so long that the Duo is legitimately surprising.
    — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of age

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“Moon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moon. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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