in perpetuity
idiom
formal
: for all time : forever
The land will be passed on from generation to generation in perpetuity.
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The notice went on to say that California law requires public schools to store student data in perpetuity.
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Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2025
American assistance with Panamanian independence led to the two countries signing the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty in 1903 that, in exchange, gave the United States control over a 50-mile-long, 10-mile-wide strip of land to build the canal in perpetuity.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025
These franchises will beef in perpetuity, given their respective homesteads, but these particular iterations really do not like each other.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Indeed, an individual may experience belonging through travel, but these feelings usually don’t last in perpetuity.
—Dan Berger, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2025
American assistance with Panamanian independence led to the two countries signing the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty in 1903 that, in exchange, gave the United States control over a 50-mile-long, 10-mile-wide strip of land to build the canal in perpetuity.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025
These franchises will beef in perpetuity, given their respective homesteads, but these particular iterations really do not like each other.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Indeed, an individual may experience belonging through travel, but these feelings usually don’t last in perpetuity.
—Dan Berger, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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“In perpetuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20perpetuity. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.
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