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
After so many of her father’s movie nights at home, Destry Allyn Spielberg finally got the chance to host her own.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 June 2025
After a day of disappointingly distant sightings, Zhou finally found some luck as a small troop descended through a forest of stone, glowing gold in the late evening light.
—Skylar Knight, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
There will be live entertainment at Pier Plaza starting at noon and, finally, at 9 p.m. a fireworks show will be launched over the water.
—Heather McRea, Oc Register, 27 June 2025
With the day finally over and the week finally done, Adam Scott got to the Oakmont Country Club parking lot and began the process of realization that comes when any long wait is prolonged.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 16 June 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 June 2025
After a day of disappointingly distant sightings, Zhou finally found some luck as a small troop descended through a forest of stone, glowing gold in the late evening light.
—Skylar Knight, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
There will be live entertainment at Pier Plaza starting at noon and, finally, at 9 p.m. a fireworks show will be launched over the water.
—Heather McRea, Oc Register, 27 June 2025
With the day finally over and the week finally done, Adam Scott got to the Oakmont Country Club parking lot and began the process of realization that comes when any long wait is prolonged.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finally
Adverb
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Meetings become performative, projects lose momentum, and eventually, top performers burn out or disengage.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Miami-Dade has been planning stations in Wynwood, Little Haiti, North Miami and other neighborhoods along the route, which would eventually stretch north to Palm Beach County.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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In some ways, this is a beautiful development: Imagine your own children’s children’s children someday learning about history not from textbooks but from you, the person who lived it.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
30 June 2025
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Tech giant Google is investing money into a futuristic nuclear fusion plant that hasn’t been built yet but someday will replicate the energy of the stars.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
30 June 2025
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“Finally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finally. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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