How to Use permanently in a Sentence

permanently

adverb
  • And the city is working to permanently rezone the area.
    Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 13 Oct. 2024
  • And now, six of them are riding for free, with the logo permanently inscribed on their arms.
    Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
  • This did not happen, as WPS permanently shut down as a result of a lack of funding.
    Joe Eachus, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
  • In the nearly three years since then, many things about how San Diegans live, work, eat and play have changed, in some cases permanently.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Dozens of them show her art inked permanently onto fans’ skin.
    Simone Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
  • Now that the crisis is over, states should repeal these rules permanently.
    Kevin Schmidt, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2023
  • That said, very few methods get rid of hair permanently.
    Heather L. Brannon, Md, Verywell Health, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Lopez punched the truck owner, permanently costing the victim sight in his right eye, according to the court records.
    Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2024
  • As the strike continues into this week, will more shows be hindered or permanently shut down until the end of the strike?
    Writers’ Strike, Vulture, 8 May 2023
  • Special elections will be held to fill the seats permanently.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 11 Apr. 2023
  • What higher aspiration for him than to be permanently on his own doorstep, singing the song of home?
    Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The defendant would be required to transfer all of the images to Jane Doe, and then permanently delete and destroy any copies of the images.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Does Black really plan to permanently park the tour bus?
    Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The actor’s lawyers are seeking to keep the filing with the women’s statements sealed permanently.
    Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The hope is for the facility to get permission to permanently house snakes from all over the country.
    Kamala Thiagarajan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
  • It was repaired and reopened later that year but permanently closed in 2016 after a new bridge was built in its place.
    USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Sophie is making this claim only to move the divorce proceedings to the UK and to remove the children from the U.S. permanently.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Reina said the department hoped to gather data over the coming months to help determine whether to switch permanently to the Taser 10s.
    Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Minor’s account has been permanently removed from the Lyft app, the spokesperson said.
    Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024
  • The wedding was postponed numerous times, and put off permanently when Delon met and fell for the 22-year-old model Nathalie Barthélémy.
    Giacomo Aricò, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2024
  • If there were any doubts about Hamas’s intentions in the past, its October 7 attack has permanently laid them to rest.
    Dennis Ross, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The idea of permanently shifting an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening appealed to 46% of Americans while 33% wanted the clock to run out on daylight saving time.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The pot of money that would permanently pay for these services was left an open question at Tuesday’s meeting.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
  • Silk and satin garments can shrink, lose their sheen, and become permanently wrinkled.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The change: Before, this was a requirement only if that amount of fat was removed permanently.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 21 May 2024
  • And so the result was, according to Hawking, that information is permanently lost at the horizon of the black hole.
    Quanta Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
  • That outbreak killed 10 people and sickened dozens more who ate deli meats processed at a Virginia plant that has since been permanently shut down.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • As the number of zombies has grown, so too has the potential damage if they are forced to file for bankruptcy or close their doors permanently.
    Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 7 June 2024
  • My dad was in Windsor for 15 months before my grandfather got transferred back to California permanently.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
  • But the multiple new safety issues recently discovered by the NRC and analyzed by nuclear experts may delay or even permanently halt the project.
    Therese Boudreaux | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Oct. 2024

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