as in eternity
unending existence after death
central to most religions is a belief in the immortality of the soul
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Next Season Rose's run to basketball immortality was eventually derailed by an ACL tear in 2011-12 and a meniscus tear in 2013-14.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
The notion of the spirit living on can feel clichéd, but Roemer’s stirring vision of the civic power of faith renews it and celebrates an everyday, secular form of immortality.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article Last year, five votes were all that separated Billy Wagner from baseball immortality.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025
But even before Newton’s death, Enlightenment thinkers were trading the dream of immortality for the less ambitious goal of living a little longer.
—Joe Kloc, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
The notion of the spirit living on can feel clichéd, but Roemer’s stirring vision of the civic power of faith renews it and celebrates an everyday, secular form of immortality.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article Last year, five votes were all that separated Billy Wagner from baseball immortality.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025
But even before Newton’s death, Enlightenment thinkers were trading the dream of immortality for the less ambitious goal of living a little longer.
—Joe Kloc, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Immortality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immortality. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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