eventually
adverb
even·tu·al·ly
i-ˈven(t)-sh(ə-)wə-lē 
-ˈven-chə-lē,
-chü-ə-lē
: at an unspecified later time : in the end
Examples of eventually in a Sentence
Eventually, I did get better and returned to work.
I am sure that we'll succeed eventually.
Her constant campaigning eventually got her the nomination.
This plant eventually reaches a height of 15 feet.
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For large portion of this year, Pope Francis resided at Rome's Gemelli University Hospital due to a litany of health issues, including bilateral pneumonia, before eventually succumbing to a stroke and irreversible heart failure.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
In the Vice President’s telling, love emanates in concentric circles, beginning with those closest to us and eventually to the rest of the world.
—Randall Balmer, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Kent Nishimura | Reuters Trump tariffs push Asian trade partners to weigh investing in massive Alaska energy project
Alaska has long sought to build an 800-mile pipeline that would eventually cool gas into liquid for export to Asia.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
As my colleague Matteo Wong explained last summer, Silicon Valley has undertaken a trillion-dollar leap of faith, on track to spend more on AI than what NASA spent on the Apollo space missions, with the hope that eventually the investments will pay off.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2025
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
In the Vice President’s telling, love emanates in concentric circles, beginning with those closest to us and eventually to the rest of the world.
—Randall Balmer, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Kent Nishimura | Reuters Trump tariffs push Asian trade partners to weigh investing in massive Alaska energy project
Alaska has long sought to build an 800-mile pipeline that would eventually cool gas into liquid for export to Asia.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
As my colleague Matteo Wong explained last summer, Silicon Valley has undertaken a trillion-dollar leap of faith, on track to spend more on AI than what NASA spent on the Apollo space missions, with the hope that eventually the investments will pay off.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Eventually.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eventually. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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