eventual
adjective
even·tu·al
i-ˈven(t)-sh(ə-)wəl 
-ˈven-chəl,
-chü-əl
1
archaic
: contingent, conditional
2
: taking place at an unspecified later time : ultimately resulting
They counted on our eventual success.
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The Palestinian Authority wants to govern both territories ahead of eventual statehood, something to which Israel is adamantly opposed.
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Their eventual choice will rent out the entire building — a building that also stopped renewing leases at an apartment property next door to create even more space.
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That goal put Finland up 2-0 on rival Sweden and served as the eventual game-winning goal.
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Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
Their eventual choice will rent out the entire building — a building that also stopped renewing leases at an apartment property next door to create even more space.
—Sam McDowell February 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
That goal put Finland up 2-0 on rival Sweden and served as the eventual game-winning goal.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
Lubesnik is the one called to interrogate the first of several crime scenes in Crime 101, which will put him on an eventual collision course with Davis.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Eventual.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eventual. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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eventual
adjective
even·tu·al
i-ˈvench-(ə-)wəl
-ˈven-chəl
: coming at some later time : ultimate
our eventual success
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