as in finally
at a later time
stop whining about how long it's taking us—we'll get there eventually
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Recent Examples of eventually
One among them was scoring on floaters, on step-back 3s, in the midrange and at the rim, a player who missed all but two games the season before with a confounding ankle injury that eventually required surgery.
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Joe Vardon, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Despite local opposition, state lawmakers anticipate that CoreCivic will eventually succeed in reopening the detention center.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2025
Foreman would continue his career, eventually facing off against Frazier again in June 1976.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
Those accomplishments caught a Sacramento State coach’s attention and he was eventually offered a scholarship and financial aid to attend and train at the university.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
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Joe Vardon, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Despite local opposition, state lawmakers anticipate that CoreCivic will eventually succeed in reopening the detention center.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2025
Foreman would continue his career, eventually facing off against Frazier again in June 1976.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
Those accomplishments caught a Sacramento State coach’s attention and he was eventually offered a scholarship and financial aid to attend and train at the university.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eventually
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Travis Sanheim, meanwhile, was never the same after the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament, at one point going 15 straight games without a point, and finally ending a 40-game goal drought on March 22.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Florida finally got its second two-star Michelin restaurant.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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Another goal and dream of mine is to someday do a world tour that will be even bigger than my upcoming Hibana tour.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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Some of the soccer-group members were fathers, or aspired to be someday.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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For the individual developer or business, the calculation should ultimately be about value, not price.—
Andrew Filev,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Della Vigna’s second point was that oil and gas companies represent some of the biggest investors in low-carbon energy worldwide, adding that a failure to both engage with, and finance oil and gas stocks would ultimately serve as a barrier to the energy transition.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Federal charges may soon follow, but that will not become clear until Monday at the earliest.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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The women on board could soon be heard whooping in joy as three massive parachutes deployed after about nine minutes into the flight and the capsule made a soft landing two minutes later in the desert, sending up plumes of dust.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Archer is working with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Type Certification for the Midnight, which is currently being tested, with the goal of starting sometime after certification.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
18 Apr. 2025
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Although the species disappeared sometime during the Miocene epoch (23 million years to 5.3 million years ago), the new fossil specimen could still provide insight into solving local extinction issues that have become increasingly relevant in the modern age.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Eventually.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eventually. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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