as in endless
lasting forever
the writer's latest memoir is a seemingly unending exercise in narcissistic rambling
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Recent Examples of unending
In foreign affairs, Iran was an unending nightmare: the Islamic revolution and the fall of the U.S.-backed Shah; the failure to secure the release of American hostages; the deadly failure of a U.S. military mission to free them.
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Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2024
In the process, however, Julio tumbles down even more rabbit holes filled with unending bureaucratic obstacles.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 20 Nov. 2024
The dichotomy between the pursuit of interests and the pursuit of values—or between a particular nation-state’s advantage and the global good—has been part of this unending evolution.
—Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
My mum grew up near here, but this part of Mombasa remains a mystery—to me, most tourists, and many residents—shunned in favor of the mainland's leafier Nyali neighborhood or the unending beaches of Bamburi further down the road.
—Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Nov. 2024
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Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2024
In the process, however, Julio tumbles down even more rabbit holes filled with unending bureaucratic obstacles.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 20 Nov. 2024
The dichotomy between the pursuit of interests and the pursuit of values—or between a particular nation-state’s advantage and the global good—has been part of this unending evolution.
—Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
My mum grew up near here, but this part of Mombasa remains a mystery—to me, most tourists, and many residents—shunned in favor of the mainland's leafier Nyali neighborhood or the unending beaches of Bamburi further down the road.
—Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unending
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Read: The new age of endless parenting Perhaps most important, measuring isolation isn’t a good way to track loneliness.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Yet most academy members would likely not want classic rock perpetually refashioned with AI for an endless nostalgia ouroboros.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Here's everything to know about the movie's final moments, including the fate of Adaline's eternal youth condition.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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In our current culture wars, the left gets accused of playing loose with language that is supposedly eternal and universal, distorting the meaning of words in order to suit its ideology.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Chalamet has been nominated for awards for his performance as the immortal bard at the Golden Globes and several regional critics' awards ceremonies; his fans and lookalikes can tune in tomorrow to discover whether he's been nominated for the Oscar, too.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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But in 2024, the immortal fairytale was updated by Sicangu Lakota Nation member and 2020 MacArthur Fellow Larissa FastHorse.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Unending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unending. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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