as in forever
for all time
planned to stay there permanently
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Recent Examples of permanently
In 1853, Farwell signed a law that abolished the death penalty in Wisconsin and replaced it with a penalty of life imprisonment, making Wisconsin the first sate to permanently abolish capital punishment for all crimes.
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Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told Europe 1 radio that two police officers who are part of the security detail protecting former presidents will be stationed permanently in neighboring cells throughout Sarkozy's incarceration.
—Reuters, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
The filmmakers also collaborated with UC Santa Barbara to digitize over 80,000 feet of previously unseen footage of Teatro Campesino, which was deteriorating and at risk of being permanently lost.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Many of these investors will never relocate permanently from America.
—Alex Ohnona, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
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Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told Europe 1 radio that two police officers who are part of the security detail protecting former presidents will be stationed permanently in neighboring cells throughout Sarkozy's incarceration.
—Reuters, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
The filmmakers also collaborated with UC Santa Barbara to digitize over 80,000 feet of previously unseen footage of Teatro Campesino, which was deteriorating and at risk of being permanently lost.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Many of these investors will never relocate permanently from America.
—Alex Ohnona, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for permanently
Adverb
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Then, weeks after they were buried, the soft parts of the carcasses decayed and were washed away by groundwater, leaving the clay mask to forever preserve the forms of what lay just beneath, Sereno says.—
Andrea Tamayo,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
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But this phase – of parenting and of childhood – is not forever.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The gear shift that Wrexham were going to have to perform in the Championship was always likely to be a marked one.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The restaurant says Muriel’s resident ghosts of are harmless but, to be safe, there’s always a table reserved for Jourdan set with bread and wine.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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Along the way, the protagonist must also find a way to lift the curse on his eternally slumbering friend, who happens to be the prince.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
16 Oct. 2025
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While this may be viewed as an inconvenience in comparison to an eternally waterproof technical fabric, the patina that develops as the wax shifts is viewed as a feature unto itself.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Permanently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permanently. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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