Definition of eventual
1 archaic : contingent, conditional
2 : taking place at an unspecified later time : ultimately resulting they counted on our eventual success
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The story, which said Araujo had recommended a particular company for the contract before bids opened, misidentified that company as the eventual winner of the contract.
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In the Padres’ eventual, 6-2 victory, Hedges would remain in the game and change the course of it.
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Ryckman said that these debates are an important step toward reaching an eventual compromise.
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Christie was later put in charge of Trump's transition team; Jared again was the agent behind Christie's eventual ouster from that role.
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More chilling is the correspondence surrounding Hamilton’s feud, and eventual duel with, Aaron Burr.
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When the fighters are pressed on their future, most talk about working for the eventual political party.
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While the company was going bankrupt in 1982, Veliscol and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed an agreement that provided $20 million for cleanup, a pittance of the eventual cost.
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Chuck then engages in a long flirtation with a bartender, and eventual wife (Naomi Watts), who keeps him at arm’s length during the self-destructive spiral that sees his boxing career give way to prison.
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: coming or happening at a later time
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