as in eventually
at a later time
we're making steady progress and may finally finish this project
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Recent Examples of finally
The chest pain that had been bothering her finally let up.
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Tyler Quattrin, Twin Cities, 19 June 2026
More importantly, Ferrari finally appears capable of giving him a car that can regularly fight at the front of the grid.
—Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
The car then finally came to a stop after hitting a traffic pole at the intersection.
—Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 19 June 2026
Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce that enslaved people were finally free more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
—Christina Ray Stanton, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
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Tyler Quattrin, Twin Cities, 19 June 2026
More importantly, Ferrari finally appears capable of giving him a car that can regularly fight at the front of the grid.
—Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
The car then finally came to a stop after hitting a traffic pole at the intersection.
—Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 19 June 2026
Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce that enslaved people were finally free more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
—Christina Ray Stanton, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finally
Adverb
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Panama's Cristian Martínez managed to save the ball from going out of bounds with a slide at the corner in a play that eventually reached Michael Murillo.—
Monica Alba,
NBC news,
24 June 2026
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Arraez fouled a pitch off his right foot in the first inning, and after a third-inning single, he eventually got replaced in the fifth inning as Casey Schmitt moved from left field to second base.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
Adverb
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The future of warfare is not arriving someday.—
Hunter LaCroix,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2026
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Many of her friends and colleagues expect to take jobs in the courts someday.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
19 June 2026
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“Finally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finally. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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