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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There’s nothing in the language of Proposition 50 that permanently bars future overrides.
—Laura Koval, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
The Israeli Defense Forces would gradually withdraw from parts of the Gaza Strip, but would permanently maintain a security buffer on all three land borders.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
In this case, there was a low-pressure area higher up in the atmosphere over the Southeast, an area of high pressure that is quasi-permanently centered roughly over Bermuda, and the two storms—Humberto and what would become Imelda, then called Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2025
The process uses heat to convert common minerals such as slow-weathering silicates into materials that permanently sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
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Laura Koval, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
The Israeli Defense Forces would gradually withdraw from parts of the Gaza Strip, but would permanently maintain a security buffer on all three land borders.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
In this case, there was a low-pressure area higher up in the atmosphere over the Southeast, an area of high pressure that is quasi-permanently centered roughly over Bermuda, and the two storms—Humberto and what would become Imelda, then called Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2025
The process uses heat to convert common minerals such as slow-weathering silicates into materials that permanently sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Permanently.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/permanently. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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