eventually

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You're going to ask that same coworker to lunch a second time, and eventually a third.

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after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay

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adverb

after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay

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adverb

after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay

Example sentences

You're going to ask that same coworker to lunch a second time, and eventually a third.

But he put together a great blog, grew out his brand, and eventually saw hockey stick growth.

They eventually did get a confirmation from the 88th precinct that I was there, which of course no one relayed to me.

If you were any good at the oil business at all, he would also offer you a job, which again would have eventually made you very very rich.

None of them wanted to read this pile of crap but again persistence can substitute for quality and he eventually got some nice references and quotes.

I've been harsh on Light Table because the source was nonfree and the promise to "open source" it eventually didn't look promising or community-friendly.

Due to the human body's natural resiliency, after chemo eventually the bone marrow would start to regenerate.

I can now bounce around CEO and President positions for a while...spending a year or two at each place, strike enough good compensation deals to make me rich and eventually buy myself into a few choice board positions.

Originally truckers were employed directly by the companies, but eventually those companies realized they could react to unionization by outsourcing truckers, either into private shell companies that closed down as soon as unionization hit or by hiring truckers as contractors.

When he says, "Bacteria, like any living organism, want to survive," and "So anything that we do to try and kill bacteria, or anything the environment does to try and kill bacteria, bacteria will eventually discover ways or find ways around those" he is making factual statements that are plainly incorrect on their face.

I've worked for some very good women bosses and a women CEO and I admired their ability to find that balance and presentation style that gave them command without them appearing as an "angry bitch" or "stupid".I've also worked with some women that couldn't find that balance, they weren't really doing anything a reasonably competent man wouldn't do, but were marked with gendered epithets and eventually driven from their job.