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
Nauta and De Oliveira argued a limited release to lawmakers could still prejudice any eventual trial against them.
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Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
After losing in overtime to eventual state champion Carmel in a Class 4A semistate in 2021, West Side went 7-14 in 2021-22 and 5-18 in 2022-23.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
An eventual stop along the way at Saturday Night Live is thus to be expected.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
Migrating led to learning loss and an eventual career in farm work, those parents said.
—Lindsey Holden and, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
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Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
After losing in overtime to eventual state champion Carmel in a Class 4A semistate in 2021, West Side went 7-14 in 2021-22 and 5-18 in 2022-23.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
An eventual stop along the way at Saturday Night Live is thus to be expected.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
Migrating led to learning loss and an eventual career in farm work, those parents said.
—Lindsey Holden and, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eventual
Adjective
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Ohio State fans’ visceral reaction to losing to Michigan was in part because we have been conditioned for generations to believe a two-loss team, particularly when one of those losses occurs in the final game, signals the end of the season.—
Jason Lloyd,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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The differential is not even one percent of the final total.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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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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
Adjective
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Put this vessel to the ultimate test with soup, beef stew, chili, and homemade sauce recipes galore.—
Emily Weaver,
People.com,
19 Jan. 2025
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This dish features a gourmet take on the classic burger, paired with golden truffle fries and a bucket of Diet Cokes for the ultimate nod to Trump.—
Erica Lamberg,
Fox News,
19 Jan. 2025
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This latter incident served as the basis of an entertaining but less-than-reverent Hulu limited series, Pam & Tommy, which starred Lily James and Sebastian Stan.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
10 Jan. 2025
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That latter formulation might sound redundant, but Pearce’s performance, rich in narrative surprise and motivational ambiguity, is anything but obvious.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
9 Jan. 2025
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Rogan developed a following first and foremost as a comedian, a mixed-martial-arts personality, and a dude who’s really into galaxy-brain ideas, weird conspiracy theories, and his own beliefs about the world, some of which are noxious.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
11 Nov. 2024
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The series’ increasing scale and globe-trotting in its following seasons unfortunately resulted in Ryder being sometimes siloed from the main action; so many of her romantic-relationship beats and her obsessive concern for Will feel like regurgitations of her season-one arc.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
6 Sep. 2024
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“Eventual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eventual. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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