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
This is, ultimately, good news.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
The results would be very predictable, including less investment, fewer housing options, higher rents and ultimately more pressure on the very renters the ordinance claims to help.
—Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
The lawsuit was settled through mediation and ultimately ended in early June.
—Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
But the formulation ultimately determines performance.
—Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 13 June 2026
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
The results would be very predictable, including less investment, fewer housing options, higher rents and ultimately more pressure on the very renters the ordinance claims to help.
—Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
The lawsuit was settled through mediation and ultimately ended in early June.
—Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
But the formulation ultimately determines performance.
—Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 13 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for ultimately
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ultimately
Adverb
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Crisis negotiators were able to contact O'Brien via phone, eventually leading to his surrender.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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Damaging wind gusts potentially topping 75 mph will take over as the main threat later Wednesday night, with individual storms expected to merge into cohesive lines from eastern Kansas first and eventually expand to western Ohio.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
Adverb
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Six years after Remedy unleashed Control in 2019, the Finnish video game studio is finally ready to give us the sequel.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Dec. 2025
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Feldmann’s boat, and finally this flimsy kayak, deliver us to the rocky shore of Greenland and the musk oxen that don’t care about our long, circuitous approach.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
11 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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By the way, 3200 Phaethon is not one of those killer asteroids that’s expected to bash into the Earth someday, at least not for now.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
7 Dec. 2025
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If that funding vanishes, Coppedage worries Jack will someday end up in a facility where people don’t know him, don’t know how to communicate with him and don’t care about him.—
CalMatters,
Oc Register,
5 Dec. 2025
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“Ultimately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultimately. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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