ever since
idiom
1
: continually or often from a past time until now
We both liked the idea and have been working on it ever since.
I went to the festival its first year and have been returning ever since.
2
: continually from the time in the past when : since
She's wanted to be a firefighter ever since she was a young girl.
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He’s done that ever since the team acquired him via trade in 2022.
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Tony East, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Known as the Redskins ever since the team arrived in Washington from Boston in 1937, the name’s reference to skin color, as well as its logo depicting a Native American with feathers in his hair, has been criticized at least as far back as 1971-72.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Gabe also wants to get out of the wheelchair he’s been in for the last couple of years, ever since complications from chemotherapy led to neuropathy and other issues that impacted the lower part of his lean six-foot-five body.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
That’s been my assumption all along about these negotiations, ever since Biden articulated the three-phase framework.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
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Tony East, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Known as the Redskins ever since the team arrived in Washington from Boston in 1937, the name’s reference to skin color, as well as its logo depicting a Native American with feathers in his hair, has been criticized at least as far back as 1971-72.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Gabe also wants to get out of the wheelchair he’s been in for the last couple of years, ever since complications from chemotherapy led to neuropathy and other issues that impacted the lower part of his lean six-foot-five body.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
That’s been my assumption all along about these negotiations, ever since Biden articulated the three-phase framework.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Ever since.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ever%20since. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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