ultimately

adverb

ˈəl-tə-mət-lē How to pronounce ultimately (audio)
Definition of ultimatelynext
as in eventually
at a later time we'll ultimately renovate this section of the house, but for now it will stay as it is

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Recent Examples of ultimately Purists argue that the investment style ultimately protects wealth. — Alastair Marsh, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026 The Genesis singer ultimately spent seven months in the hospital recovering from his near-death ordeal. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026 The Lynx ultimately won the championship that season and Fowles was named finals MVP. — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026 DeSantis ultimately prevailed over Gillum by a fraction of a percentage point. — Shauna Muckle, Miami Herald, 2 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ultimately
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ultimately
  1. eventually
  2. finally
  3. someday
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  • The judges eventually discuss the clothes — but there, too, things get dramatic, with a lot of disagreement between Law and the other judges.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Hunt and her team eventually traced the genetic changes to a new cleaning method eroding the polycarbonate cages that housed the animals.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of eventually
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  • Zahavy dissected the process that went into Albert Einstein’s formulation of his General Relativity Theory, noting that the scientist’s thinking evolved through three phases – deduction, induction, and finally, abduction.
    — Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The massive fire, which brought more than 300 firefighters to the scene, was finally put out by Wednesday evening.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of finally
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  • Second, the recent shifting of US export control policy has created a real concern among other nations that access to frontier intelligence itself could someday be gated by geopolitics, not just chips.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The hope is that the birds on Palmyra Atoll will hatch chicks outside of human care for the first time in 40 years, and someday, once the brown tree snakes are managed, Guam kingfishers can finally return to their native habitat.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 29 July 2026
Definition of someday

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