as in forever
for all time
planned to stay there permanently
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Recent Examples of permanently
By 2070, some of the streets could be permanently underwater.
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Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
The rise in streaming, the pandemic and shifting theatrical windows altered people’s moviegoing habits, perhaps permanently.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Conservation groups announced on April 24 that the facility is closing permanently after at least 31 sloths died before the attraction welcomed a single visitor.
—Ryan Brennan
april 27, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026
The touchpads have a smooth, satiny finish that's so much nicer under the thumb, the triggers have smooth tension that doesn't feel remotely spongy, and the permanently attached rear buttons are nice and clicky.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 27 Apr. 2026
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Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
The rise in streaming, the pandemic and shifting theatrical windows altered people’s moviegoing habits, perhaps permanently.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Conservation groups announced on April 24 that the facility is closing permanently after at least 31 sloths died before the attraction welcomed a single visitor.
—Ryan Brennan
april 27, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026
The touchpads have a smooth, satiny finish that's so much nicer under the thumb, the triggers have smooth tension that doesn't feel remotely spongy, and the permanently attached rear buttons are nice and clicky.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for permanently
Adverb
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Thank God for the other returning stars, including Stanley Tucci’s divinely calm and in-control Nigel and Emily Blunt as the franchise’s forever MVP, as absolutely batshit and too-often-right Emily.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
29 Apr. 2026
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Two parallel lines can in theory go on forever; another number can always be added to the end of the number line.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Objects that formed between the soot and frost lines will be less dense, will have the capacity to possess some volatiles, and can have a wide variety of masses, but should always have rock-and-metal cores.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Apr. 2026
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But the most beautiful machine is and always will be the human body.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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While we might be inclined to think of space and time as eternally expansive and divisible, the ultrafinitist would argue that these are assumptions that science has increasingly brought into question — much as, Zeilberger might say, science brought doubt to God’s doorstep.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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The tongs used to pull hot dogs and taquitos off the eternally turning roller grill didn’t get washed, rinsed and sanitized when in use for four hours.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Permanently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permanently. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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