ever since
idiom
1
: continually or often from a past time until now
We both liked the idea and have been working on it ever since.
I went to the festival its first year and have been returning ever since.
2
: continually from the time in the past when : since
She's wanted to be a firefighter ever since she was a young girl.
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Forgivable or not, the residue of these facile taxonomies has been hard to scrape off the patient-doctor relationship ever since— particularly for women, and even more so for women with migraines.
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Tom Zeller Jr.
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
The relationship between the US Supreme Court and the US President has continued to be contentious to one degree or another ever since, with recent statements by the executive branch resurrecting the tension.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2025
In 1996, they were decoupled, and the $2.13 federal subminimum wage has been locked in place ever since.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Bertha sits down with Gladys and finds out that Hector and Sarah’s parents died when Hector was young, and Sarah has been bossing him around ever since.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 28 July 2025
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Tom Zeller Jr.
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
The relationship between the US Supreme Court and the US President has continued to be contentious to one degree or another ever since, with recent statements by the executive branch resurrecting the tension.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2025
In 1996, they were decoupled, and the $2.13 federal subminimum wage has been locked in place ever since.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Bertha sits down with Gladys and finds out that Hector and Sarah’s parents died when Hector was young, and Sarah has been bossing him around ever since.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 28 July 2025
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“Ever since.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ever%20since. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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