1
as in permanently
for all time
we'll be best friends forever
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2
as in constantly
on every relevant occasion
he is forever reminding me to wear my hat and gloves in cold weather
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as in months
a long or seemingly long period of time
it took forever to fill out all the forms
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Recent Examples of forever
Laura Jackson, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025
There are so many wonderful dogs waiting in rescues for their chance at a forever home.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Chabeli Herrera, miamiherald, 17 Aug. 2017
Forever stamps are always equal to the current First-Class Mail service 1-ounce price.
—Michael McGough, sacbee, 14 July 2017
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Adverb
Cool Knits No matter the season, a lightweight yet luxurious knit is a forever closet classic—and this spring the offerings are as cool as ever.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025
There are so many wonderful dogs waiting in rescues for their chance at a forever home.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
Forever is gonna start aboard Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas Monday with a concert of lunar proportions.
—Chabeli Herrera, miamiherald, 17 Aug. 2017
Forever stamps are always equal to the current First-Class Mail service 1-ounce price.
—Michael McGough, sacbee, 14 July 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forever
Adverb
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Trump will need Congress’s cooperation to shutter the Education Department permanently, and that is far from guaranteed.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Queen City Craft & Gourmet closed permanently on Feb. 23.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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True connection comes from mutual respect and emotional honesty, not from constantly adapting to keep the peace.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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But reality constantly intrudes through the depraved lives of the other street people, the harsh and ugly sounds, and visits from his paying admirers.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
6 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Not everyone is always up for being challenged by a serious look at the history of Rastafarianism.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
27 Feb. 2025
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The reason is to make sure the Ramcharger can always do things like tow, apparently.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
27 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Getty Images Leave it to Julia Fox to continually come up with creative ways to make nudity fashion (pronounced as exaggeratedly as possible).—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
3 Mar. 2025
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Students continually suffer because of this attitude.—
Vincent Turley,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The New Mexico-set drama follows a 14-year-old boy who is the main carer for his sick father and longs to go to party Plan B produced the film with Teorema, the production company of Michel Franco, who is also at the Berlinale with Golden Bear contender Dreams.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
15 Feb. 2025
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The top level is called extended, followed by longs and shorts.—
Tom Schardin,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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For the first time in what feels like an eternity, there’s a single gameweek — not a double — on the cards in Fantasy Premier League.—
Ben Dinnery,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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After what felt like an eternity of sour, downtempo bedroom pop, the charts are finally bright again.—
Christopher Rosa,
Glamour,
14 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The candidate would inevitably face criticism for immediately abandoning the new job, almost certainly skipping critical votes for a senator or being absent from leading their state as governor, to go on what is invariably a grueling multiyear quest for the White House.—
Joshua Spivak,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
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My eyes are invariably drawn to the man in the hat.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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What To Know Michael LaRosa, who served as former first lady Jill Biden's press secretary, slammed the party's approach to handling concerns about the former president's age during a Wednesday panel discussion at American University's Sine Institute of Policy and Politics.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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During the 1990s and 2000s, for example, protests on college campuses over Nike’s use of sweatshop labor forced the company to raise the minimum age for hiring new workers at shoe factories to 18 and allow human rights groups to inspect factory conditions in Asia.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Forever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forever. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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