forever

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They meant drill for oil in places that would destroy the environment forever, and cause the extinction of animal species -- forever.

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  1. adverb For everlasting time; eternally: No one can live forever.
  2. adverb At all times; incessantly: was forever complaining about the job.
  3. noun A seemingly very long time: It has taken forever to resolve these problems.

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  • My Macs last forever which is all the proof the entire world needs. —  Neowin.net / All
  • The 35-year-old Mississauga native says the veteran Australian funk-rock act will remain his favourite group "forever" -- despite the awkward manner in which they've parted ways. —  London Free Press - News
  • They meant drill for oil in places that would destroy the environment forever, and cause the extinction of animal species -- forever. —  Radical Goddess Thealogy
  • This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations. —  Brandywine Books
  • Fort Duquesne was renamed in honour of Pitt, and a great manufacturing city has grown up on its site in the beautiful valley which, in 1758, passed away forever from the French who had only held possession of it for six short years 1] His full name was Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm-Gozon de Saint-Véran, whose family seat was Candiac, near Nismes, in the south of France 2] Parkman gives the following paraphrase of the Latin inscription Soldier and chief and ramparts' strength are nought Behold the conquering cross! —  Canada
 

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  1. Prop. as two words: for, prep.; ever, adv.
 

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