continuous creation

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noun

the theory that matter is being created continuously in the universeSee steady-state theory

the theory that animate matter is being continuously created from inanimate matter

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How to use continuous creation in a sentence

The mythic origin of the feast was the creation of the world by the god Marduk.
New Year’s Eve, Babylon Style|Candida Moss|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The presiding light behind this creation was a woman named Natalia Murray.
The Bookstore That Bewitched Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Greta Garbo|Felice Picano|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The movie works because we are engulfed in the music and believe that we have been in the presence of its creation.
Why Can’t Movies Capture Genius?|Clive Irving|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And suddenly you were in the throes of both creation and destruction.
Is Bigger Better for St. Vincent?|David Yaffe|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Roughly half of black Protestants and white Evangelicals believe that creation is purely for human benefit.
Extreme Weather? Blame the End Times|Jay Michaelson|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the Parsî religion that fall of man, by a lie, was recovered from by the creation of a new man.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
It may be added that they start with the most dignified part of this crown of creation, viz., the human head.
Children's Ways|James Sully
On land and in sea the animal creation chase and maim, and slay and devour each other.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
She is still inspiring the unfinished work of creation, and her delight is with the children of men.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
Messrs. Jennens and Bettridge commenced in 1816, and improvements in the manufacture have been many and continuous.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell