as in forever
for all time
planned to stay there permanently
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Recent Examples of permanently
The party’s lawmakers have sought to use the accounting maneuver to permanently extend President Donald Trump’s 2017 income-tax cuts, and score them as costing nothing.
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Ani Freedman, Fortune, 29 June 2025
The moisture-trapping vines can permanently damage stucco and brick mortar by clinging on with their aerial roots.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 28 June 2025
Meanwhile, widow Marta and her teenage daughter Rosa slave away in the kitchen, clean the threadbare bedrooms, and assuage the guests who seem to have holed up there permanently to ride out the war.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025
Despite the administration’s rhetoric about wanting to reduce the deficit, its goal is to dispose of these lands — to remove them permanently from the public domain.
—T. A. Barron, Denver Post, 26 June 2025
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Ani Freedman, Fortune, 29 June 2025
The moisture-trapping vines can permanently damage stucco and brick mortar by clinging on with their aerial roots.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 28 June 2025
Meanwhile, widow Marta and her teenage daughter Rosa slave away in the kitchen, clean the threadbare bedrooms, and assuage the guests who seem to have holed up there permanently to ride out the war.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025
Despite the administration’s rhetoric about wanting to reduce the deficit, its goal is to dispose of these lands — to remove them permanently from the public domain.
—T. A. Barron, Denver Post, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for permanently
Adverb
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Finally, island ecosystems can be particularly fragile, with the introduction of even one invasive species tipping the balance forever.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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This was a devastating tragedy that forever changed our national psyche.—
Dr. Richard Fichman,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2025
Adverb
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France — always in the mix in the major tournaments of the women’s game, yet still without a trophy.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Jordan once fired on a small hut suspected of shooting down a U.S. helicopter and later learned that women and children were among the dead inside, a revelation that always haunted him, even though his actions were found to be legal, the clemency petition said.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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“Permanently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permanently. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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