ultimately
adverb
ul·ti·mate·ly
ˈəl-tə-mət-lē 
1
: in the end : fundamentally
the word comes ultimately from Latin
2
: eventually
ultimately, they agreed
Examples of ultimately in a Sentence
The changes ultimately proved to be unnecessary.
Ultimately, it's a question of who is more popular.
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Personalization is so deeply impersonal, comes from nowhere, and isn’t ultimately what anybody likes.
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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 14 Feb. 2026
The story of slavery and its abolition is ultimately one of irrepressible human dignity.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
This week, a 51-year-old woman was sentenced to federal prison for making far-out and ultimately weightless accusations – that her former spouse had illegally accessed her bank account as an astronaut aboard the International Space Station in the summer of 2019.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
That panel ultimately voted to end a decades-old federal recommendation that all newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine.
—Josh M. Shepherd, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 14 Feb. 2026
The story of slavery and its abolition is ultimately one of irrepressible human dignity.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
This week, a 51-year-old woman was sentenced to federal prison for making far-out and ultimately weightless accusations – that her former spouse had illegally accessed her bank account as an astronaut aboard the International Space Station in the summer of 2019.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
That panel ultimately voted to end a decades-old federal recommendation that all newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine.
—Josh M. Shepherd, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Ultimately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ultimately. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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