as in forever
for all time
planned to stay there permanently
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Recent Examples of permanently
The golf course closed permanently in 2018.
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Megan Vaz, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
Using multiple overwrite methods ensures that files, partitions, or entire drives are permanently deleted and not recoverable.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 7 Apr. 2026
The role has yet to be permanently filled.
—Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 7 Apr. 2026
If the person is convicted and removed from office, only then can senators vote on whether to permanently disqualify that person from ever again holding federal office.
—Kirsten Matoy Carlson, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026
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Megan Vaz, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
Using multiple overwrite methods ensures that files, partitions, or entire drives are permanently deleted and not recoverable.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 7 Apr. 2026
The role has yet to be permanently filled.
—Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 7 Apr. 2026
If the person is convicted and removed from office, only then can senators vote on whether to permanently disqualify that person from ever again holding federal office.
—Kirsten Matoy Carlson, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for permanently
Adverb
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Athena Strand’s brutal death at the hands of FedEx driver Tanner Horner forever altered the lives of her family and friends, witnesses told the jury Tuesday morning during the first day of the sentencing phase of Horner’s capital murder trial in Tarrant County.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2026
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Even Manuel Neuer cannot go on forever.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Family vacations always meant swimming, fishing, kayaking or anything in the water.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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Her boyfriend is sometimes, but not always, respectful or courteous to us.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Robinson drew a tough matchup with the eternally upbeat Ozzie Albies — but ultimately ousted him, garnering 53% of y’all’s ballots.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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All the narrator would have had to do is turn on his recorder for three seconds, and Thomas’s voice would be eternally reproducible.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Permanently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permanently. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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