in perpetuity
idiom
formal
: for all time : forever
The land will be passed on from generation to generation in perpetuity.
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These franchises will beef in perpetuity, given their respective homesteads, but these particular iterations really do not like each other.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Indeed, an individual may experience belonging through travel, but these feelings usually don’t last in perpetuity.
—Dan Berger, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
One reason is that the potential market is vast, and patients need to continue these drugs in perpetuity in order to keep their benefits.
—Christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
The tribe, which holds fishing and hunting rights in perpetuity to the area, has criticized the overarching project, as well as the Forest Service for a lack of proper environmental review in its recorded decision.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Indeed, an individual may experience belonging through travel, but these feelings usually don’t last in perpetuity.
—Dan Berger, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
One reason is that the potential market is vast, and patients need to continue these drugs in perpetuity in order to keep their benefits.
—Christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
The tribe, which holds fishing and hunting rights in perpetuity to the area, has criticized the overarching project, as well as the Forest Service for a lack of proper environmental review in its recorded decision.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
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“In perpetuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20perpetuity. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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