in perpetuity
idiom
formal
: for all time : forever
The land will be passed on from generation to generation in perpetuity.
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Every dollar earned was as good as new business—nothing was guaranteed in perpetuity.
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Suresh Sundararajan, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
And to be sure, Musk’s money affords him a boundless budget to buy just about anything and sue just about anyone, in perpetuity.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
Or even how the sky and its painterly clouds seem to carry on and on in perpetuity.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 14 July 2025
As part of the PUD rezoning, about 59 acres within the Green Swamp Area of Critical State Concern would remain undeveloped in perpetuity.
—James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2025
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Suresh Sundararajan, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
And to be sure, Musk’s money affords him a boundless budget to buy just about anything and sue just about anyone, in perpetuity.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
Or even how the sky and its painterly clouds seem to carry on and on in perpetuity.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 14 July 2025
As part of the PUD rezoning, about 59 acres within the Green Swamp Area of Critical State Concern would remain undeveloped in perpetuity.
—James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2025
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“In perpetuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20perpetuity. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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