as in final
coming or happening at a later time
our eventual success She lost to the eventual champion. This plant reaches an eventual height of 15 feet.
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Recent Examples of eventual
After the success in Cannes and a flurry of sales, Meynard upped her French box office forecast to 300,000 admissions, but was bowled over by its eventual success.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2025
The Wildcats are coming off a solid run in the Big 12 tournament, including an impressive effort in an eventual championship game loss to Houston last weekend.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Except the eventual choice to fully animate the characters and cast them with non-dwarf actors — save for one, Grumpy, voiced by Martin Klebba — created a different problem.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
Add in the steady Alex Vlasic, already the No. 1 defenseman at age 23 and showing a lot more offense this season, and the eventual return of Kevin Korchinski, and the Blackhawks have the makings of a heck of a top-four for the foreseeable future.
—Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2025
The Wildcats are coming off a solid run in the Big 12 tournament, including an impressive effort in an eventual championship game loss to Houston last weekend.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Except the eventual choice to fully animate the characters and cast them with non-dwarf actors — save for one, Grumpy, voiced by Martin Klebba — created a different problem.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
Add in the steady Alex Vlasic, already the No. 1 defenseman at age 23 and showing a lot more offense this season, and the eventual return of Kevin Korchinski, and the Blackhawks have the makings of a heck of a top-four for the foreseeable future.
—Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eventual
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In their final game in purple and gold Johnson ended up scoring 24 second-half points on 8-of-9 shooting, and led all scorers with 28 points and Morrow had 15 points and seven rebounds.—
Allison Smith,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Harrison Burton also confronted Smith. Smith talked about the final laps with reporters.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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The video is the latest in a lengthy stream of controversies the probation department has faced in recent years.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2023
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The shooting happened the day before the fifth anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting that killed 17 and is the latest in what has become a deadly new year in the U.S.—
Joey Cappelletti and Mike Householder,
Anchorage Daily News,
15 Feb. 2023
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And in an industry as competitive as gaming, that’s the ultimate win.—
Ying Yang,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Apple's work on Siri will remain under the ultimate purview of Craig Federighi, the senior vice president of software engineering.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
20 Mar. 2025
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There admittedly aren’t many of this latter group; but likely enough to sink any party-line legislation Speaker Johnson has in mind.—
Charlie Hunt,
The Conversation,
14 Mar. 2025
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Man threatened, attacked latter carrier over several months The Justice Department became aware of Franklin's actions toward the carrier after the United States Postal Inspection Service received a complaint about Franklin possibly committing threats and obstruction against the employee.—
Krystal Nurse,
USA TODAY,
14 Mar. 2025
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Cassie appeared with her baby bump in a following close-up shot as Fine’s hands cradled her stomach.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Serena Williams and Meghan Markle's Friendship Timeline Lilibet appeared alongside Williams in a following post as the pair continued to play Candy Land while Meghan, dressed in a loose-fitting navy-blue top and pants, watched.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Eventual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eventual. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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