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Recent Examples of lastly
And lastly, check out the Lakeside Linkage County Preserve for this week’s hike.
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
And lastly, as agentic AI matures, there’s still a large trust gap in cybersecurity governance.
—John Kell, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
And lastly, try to be diverse with your guests.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 24 Feb. 2026
And lastly, Valdez threw two-plus ticks harder than Suárez in 2025, and that’s huge in today’s high-octane game.
—Eno Sarris, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
And lastly, in a Chelsea three-peat, read more about why next week’s ACIP meeting might be postponed.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 19 Feb. 2026
Grant visited the red brick Italianate-style house, purchased by Galena boosters for $2,500, occasionally during his lifetime, and lastly in 1880.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
And lastly, if necessary, seek help early.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 10 Feb. 2026
Crews start with primary streets, which are exterior major roads and main drives in subdivisions, then move to secondary streets, which are smaller streets in subdivisions and lastly alternative roadways, such as cul-de-sacs, are cleared.
—Jake Allen, IndyStar, 26 Jan. 2026
Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
And lastly, as agentic AI matures, there’s still a large trust gap in cybersecurity governance.
—John Kell, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
And lastly, try to be diverse with your guests.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 24 Feb. 2026
And lastly, Valdez threw two-plus ticks harder than Suárez in 2025, and that’s huge in today’s high-octane game.
—Eno Sarris, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
And lastly, in a Chelsea three-peat, read more about why next week’s ACIP meeting might be postponed.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 19 Feb. 2026
Grant visited the red brick Italianate-style house, purchased by Galena boosters for $2,500, occasionally during his lifetime, and lastly in 1880.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
And lastly, if necessary, seek help early.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 10 Feb. 2026
Crews start with primary streets, which are exterior major roads and main drives in subdivisions, then move to secondary streets, which are smaller streets in subdivisions and lastly alternative roadways, such as cul-de-sacs, are cleared.
—Jake Allen, IndyStar, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lastly
finally
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Hendrickson added that the Packers had six people in the war room on the phone with other teams trying to trade up for McClellan and finally landed on the Buccaneers as a partner.—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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By hooking a solo shot around the Pesky Pole, the lefty swinger finally hit his first dinger of the year off Boston southpaw Payton Tolle.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Lastly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lastly. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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