as in eventually
at a later time
we're making steady progress and may finally finish this project
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Recent Examples of finally
Union Pacific finally removes trash from behind homes For years, residents living on South 15th Place on Milwaukee's South Side had seen garbage pile up on the ground by the train tracks behind their homes.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, jsonline.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Turkey’s largest yacht to date has finally hit the seas.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2026
Related Stories At the end, Styles finally gets some attention from a hotel employee at the previously empty front desk, and the preceding minutes are revealed to have been a fantasy, as the mystery figure walks past him, unthreateningly, in the lobby.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
Luggage rummaging and security faffing be gone—for London Heathrow (LHR), Europe’s busiest airport, has finally ended its 100ml rule.
—Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2026
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, jsonline.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Turkey’s largest yacht to date has finally hit the seas.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2026
Related Stories At the end, Styles finally gets some attention from a hotel employee at the previously empty front desk, and the preceding minutes are revealed to have been a fantasy, as the mystery figure walks past him, unthreateningly, in the lobby.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
Luggage rummaging and security faffing be gone—for London Heathrow (LHR), Europe’s busiest airport, has finally ended its 100ml rule.
—Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finally
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The Zhangzhou site will eventually host six Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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For Jones and his sisters, foster care was a soft place to land, and soon his grandparents stepped in, eventually adopting the siblings.—
Libby Smith,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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We were saddened at the prospect of all that land being developed someday, taking away another patch of wild Florida.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2026
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Five-star phenom Jacy Abii had just led Liberty to its second consecutive Class 5A state title as a sophomore, and coach Ross Reedy was talking about how Abii had the capability to be the best female basketball player in the world someday.—
Greg Riddle,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Finally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finally. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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