permanently
adverb
per·ma·nent·ly
ˈpər-mə-nənt-lē 
ˈpərm-nənt-
: in a permanent manner : in a way that continues without changing or ending : in a way that is not brief or temporary
The restaurant closed permanently in May.
an area where the ground is permanently frozen
Artificial intelligence has permanently changed our understanding of the mind and has proved itself in hundreds of unsung applications.—
Steven Pinker
Steven PinkerExamples of permanently in a Sentence
planned to stay there permanently
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—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Another judge in Rhode Island ordered DHS to permanently stop imposing grant conditions tied to immigration enforcement, after ruling in September that the conditions were unlawful — only to have DHS again try to impose them.
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—Emily Johnson, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
The most damaging weapons tend to be spinning discs that can spin up to about 250 mph, delivering huge kinetic energy that can throw, rip, and permanently disable rival bots.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2025
Another judge in Rhode Island ordered DHS to permanently stop imposing grant conditions tied to immigration enforcement, after ruling in September that the conditions were unlawful — only to have DHS again try to impose them.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
Highball glasses from the MoMA Design Store appear to be defying gale-force winds in real time, careening permanently to the left.
—Emily Johnson, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Permanently.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/permanently. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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