as in forever
for all time
planned to stay there permanently
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Recent Examples of permanently
It is now listed online as being permanently closed.
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
The Eredivisie club signed him permanently in summer 2024.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Chief Administrative Officer Sandra Kellner will serve as interim president and CEO while the agency works to hire someone permanently.
—Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 10 July 2025
In 2022, the DOJ enacted a consent decree that permanently prohibited Jeffrey and Lauren Lowe, two more conservationists featured on Tiger King, from ever exhibiting animals again.
—Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 9 July 2025
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
The Eredivisie club signed him permanently in summer 2024.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Chief Administrative Officer Sandra Kellner will serve as interim president and CEO while the agency works to hire someone permanently.
—Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 10 July 2025
In 2022, the DOJ enacted a consent decree that permanently prohibited Jeffrey and Lauren Lowe, two more conservationists featured on Tiger King, from ever exhibiting animals again.
—Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for permanently
Adverb
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Federal funding for Penn Station won’t last forever, and construction costs only increase with delays.—
Carlo Scissura,
New York Daily News,
11 July 2025
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But these prices won’t last forever; Amazon Prime Day ends Friday, July 11 at 11:59 p.m.—
People Staff,
People.com,
11 July 2025
Adverb
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In spite of close cultural and business ties between the two countries, cooperation between has not always been straightforward due to different financing systems and legislation.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
9 July 2025
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My friends at camp loved those and would always ask to read them.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
9 July 2025
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“Permanently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permanently. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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