Example Sentences

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Nobody wants to think about such eventualities, but it’s best to account for all possible scenarios in legal documents.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 21, 2026

It wouldn’t hurt to make plans for both eventualities, and particularly for your full recovery and re-entry into the world.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

“We had a very long list of ‘what ifs,’ in other words eventualities that could happen and how we would deal with them in an emergency,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025

History tells us they will be prepared for such eventualities.

From BBC • May 26, 2025

I just remember a period when, convinced that an apostrophe was definitely required somewhere, I would cunningly suspend a very small one immediately above the “s”, to cover all eventualities.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author