as in forever
for all time
planned to stay there permanently
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In a fitting tribute, Warner created the Women’s Excellence Fund to permanently support UC’s female athletes.
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Provided By Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber, The Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2024
The meibomian glands—which produce tears to lubricate the eyes—also became permanently scarred.
—Stella Shon, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Social Security Disability Insurance benefits people with physical and mental conditions that are severe enough to permanently keep them from working.
—Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
At a pro-settler convention held on the Gaza border last month, attended by far-right members of the governing coalition and members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, hundreds of Israelis expressed their desire to permanently displace the Palestinian population.
—Guy Davies, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2024
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Provided By Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber, The Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2024
The meibomian glands—which produce tears to lubricate the eyes—also became permanently scarred.
—Stella Shon, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Social Security Disability Insurance benefits people with physical and mental conditions that are severe enough to permanently keep them from working.
—Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
At a pro-settler convention held on the Gaza border last month, attended by far-right members of the governing coalition and members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, hundreds of Israelis expressed their desire to permanently displace the Palestinian population.
—Guy Davies, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Permanently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permanently. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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