as in immortal
lasting forever
an author who craved deathless fame
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Recent Examples of deathless
For it is a law of nature that if a deathless copy is produced, waste must follow; and that waste from such copies results in the death of real, living nature.
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Maria Balaska, TIME, 25 Jan. 2025
Fire and water have hogged the spotlight for too long; smoke has its own glamour, its own deathless wriggle.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
In his deathless search for love, David becomes the ultimate vessel for it.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
This might sound like the prelude to a sci-fi tale of deathless human-tardigrade hybrids, but the reality is more mundane.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 10 July 2024
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Maria Balaska, TIME, 25 Jan. 2025
Fire and water have hogged the spotlight for too long; smoke has its own glamour, its own deathless wriggle.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
In his deathless search for love, David becomes the ultimate vessel for it.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
This might sound like the prelude to a sci-fi tale of deathless human-tardigrade hybrids, but the reality is more mundane.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 10 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deathless
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The film’s central figure is the world’s only immortal man, drawn into a romance with a Japanese scholar whose life’s work centers on ancient texts about dying.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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Heracles discovered the Hydra's den in the Lernaean Swamps with the aid of the goddess Athena and was able to break or sever its many necks — while using fire to prevent them from growing back — until only a single immortal head remained.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
9 May 2026
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Rescuing utopian idyll from dystopian reality, Koreeda determines that humanity is too fragile to forfeit its defining qualities to a mechanical species; that our only viable function in an artificial tomorrow is as the eternal caretakers of memory and imagination.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
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Vegas will remain formidable because of its eternal win-now mandate.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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During my lifetime there have been 55 years in which my country has engaged in prolonged and endless conflicts or wars, few of which have brought a decisive victory.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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Everything is more expensive because of an endless war and reckless tariffs.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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“Deathless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deathless. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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