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
Renovating and expanding the higgledy-piggledy building—a monumental project that finally will welcome guests in February—will usher in the next chapter in the château’s story.
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Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025
In 2024, the detectives finally found a match using a familial DNA database and identified the killer.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
What finally disrupted the binary was disco.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
Had multiple sclerosis finally come for me after all this time?
—Michelle Maves, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
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Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025
In 2024, the detectives finally found a match using a familial DNA database and identified the killer.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
What finally disrupted the binary was disco.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
Had multiple sclerosis finally come for me after all this time?
—Michelle Maves, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finally
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Game 3’s mid-afternoon start time suited TV but made things even more difficult for hitters as shadows passed in front of the plate, eventually to the outfield.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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The devil could be in the details of whatever final plan is eventually put to socios to vote on.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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But since that long-ago lunchtime chat, Johnson says, advances in cell biology and in computer science have fundamentally shifted the prospects of someday having a virtual cell.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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The writer dreamed of someday being remembered kindly—hopefully by Americans.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Finally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finally. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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