eventually
finally; ultimately; at some later time: Eventually we will own the house free and clear.
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Anderson marketed the product to Midwestern investors who bought into the idea, but eventually sold their shares to Quaker, a Midwestern company better known for its oats.
The Rise and Fall of the Rice Cake, America’s One-Time Favorite Health Snack | Brenna Houck | September 17, 2020 | EaterThe cable will eventually wear out and break, and you better hope you have enough left to extract the ATV after you re-attach your hook to what’s left.
Six ways to make your ATV even more rugged | By Tyler Freel/Outdoor Life | September 17, 2020 | Popular-ScienceIt was then adapted into a script by the following February before it was eventually filmed.
‘Antebellum’ tackles the past head on in an effort to ‘move forward’ | radmarya | September 17, 2020 | FortuneWith Arctaris’s funding, however, the company opened a Detroit office and eventually hired 52 full-time equivalent employees in that Opportunity Zone.
Opportunity Zones haven’t fully reached their potential, but don’t write them off yet | jakemeth | September 16, 2020 | FortuneDavies and his mates would run up to the top of the hill and perform 20 situps and pushups before eventually running back down.
A Canadian Teenager Is One Of The Fastest Soccer Players In The World | Julian McKenzie | September 16, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
The Supreme Court eventually stepped in and ended legal segregation in the landmark 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education.
The ‘No Child’ Rewrite Threatens Your Kids’ Future | Jonah Edelman | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTeventually Morrow was released with no money, vehicle, or phone.
Are Police Stealing People’s Property? | Joan Blades, Matt Kibbe | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTeventually, she did—more or less—reinventing herself as Nicki Minaj and becoming a platinum-selling hip-hop superstar.
Nicki Minaj: High School Actress | Alex Chancey, The Daily Beast Video | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShin eventually escaped North Korean captivity while in Vienna.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea | Rich Goldstein | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTeventually, DeCrow and Seidenberg filed suit against the East Village mainstay.
At last Aristide fed him desperately, dandled him eventually to sleep, and returned to an excited pillow.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeMasters and I arranged to come home together and eventually reached Cape Town.
Uncanny Tales | VariousBut if the "great public" will only tolerate one as a pupil long enough, eventually, one must succeed.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayThere is much controversy as to whether stop-keys will eventually displace the older fashioned draw-knobs.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThe place was then attacked by an armed force, without result, but eventually the natives allowed the women to be taken away.
The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
British Dictionary definitions for eventually
/ (ɪˈvɛntʃʊəlɪ) /
at the very end; finally
(as sentence modifier) after a long time or long delay: eventually, he arrived
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