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It was during the Proterozoic eon.
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I dare say we'll see you in an eon or two. (source)eon = the longest commonly used division of geological time
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Everything told him that eons had passed.† (source)
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This is a male peacock feather, and the note says that over eons of time, the males' feathers got larger and larger to attract females, till the point the males can barely lift off the ground.† (source)
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You couldn't be certain why it worked as it did; and it had been repaired and modified many times already, by forces of evolution, over eons of time.† (source)
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That is the crux of the layman's trouble in understanding evolution: it works on a time scale so far beyond personal experience that one must train oneself to think in eons, not decades.† (source)
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And that is why nature designed the forces of evolution to play out over generations rather than eons—to ensure that moths and men have a chance to adapt.† (source)
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"Then you might not have to witness an execution at A!" said Eon stoutly.† (source)
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The world of the Glade seemed like eons ago.† (source)
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Eon's actually been pretty generous.† (source)
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You see, eons ago the gods granted my wish.† (source)
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Now eon pump.† (source)
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The eons have turned them to stone, yet still they burn bright with beauty.† (source)
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He began at Citeaux, to end in Clairvaux; he was ordained abbot by the bishop of Chalon-sur-Saone, Guillaume de Champeaux; he had seven hundred novices, and founded a hundred and sixty monasteries; he overthrew Abeilard at the council of Sens in 1140, and Pierre de Bruys and Henry his disciple, and another sort of erring spirits who were called the Apostolics; he confounded Arnauld de Brescia, darted lightning at the monk Raoul, the murderer of the Jews, dominated the council of Reims in 1148, caused the condemnation of Gilbert de Porea, Bishop of Poitiers, caused the condemnation of Eon de l'Etoile, arranged the disputes of princes, enlightened King Louis the Young, advised Pope Eugene III.† (source)
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After eons, it finally breached the edge.† (source)
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Only from the shorter span of human existence does the round of a cosmogonic eon seem to endure.† (source)
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