eventual return

collocation in English

meaningsofeventualandreturn

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eventual
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪˈven.tʃu.əl/
us
/ɪˈven.tʃu.əl/
happening or existing at a later time or at the end, especially after a lot of effort, ...
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return
noun
uk
/rɪˈtɜːn/
us
/rɪˈtɝːn/
an occasion when someone goes or comes back to a place where they ...
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(Definition ofeventualandreturnfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofeventual return

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It iseventualreturnon capital employed which matters.
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Subject to those overriding considerations, we both wish to do what we can to make the criminal fit foreventualreturnto society.
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We import spent nuclear fuel for reprocessing and since 1976 all contracts provide for theeventualreturnof the waste arising to the countries concerned.
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It will pave the way for theeventualreturnof the refugees.
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The one thing by which it cannot be justified is theeventualreturnin the form of pension.
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I would prefer a better system for trying non-civil cases and theeventualreturnof the jury system for such cases.
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The temporary release of suitable prisoners helps them in the process of preparing for theeventualreturnto the community.
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They have our good wishes in the difficult and dangerous tasks before them and our good wishes for a safeeventualreturnhome.
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Therefore, this whole area is bound up with theeventualreturnwhich we must achieve to a highly efficient, competitive and profitable industry.
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The focus now is upon sustainable development andeventualreturnto self-sufficiency for the island.
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By fostering service people's lifelong learning, the initiative is preparing them for theireventualreturnto civilian life.
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Does he believe that taxpayers' funds should be committed on an open-ended and indeterminate basis to a business that has no prospect whatever of aneventualreturnto commercial viability?
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Home leave schemes are designed to assist prisoners to prepare for theireventualreturnto the community.
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The loss of public wardship may result in magistrates being more ready to query refused access in those cases whereeventualreturnto parents seems probable.
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If he does so, he will have made a valuable contribution towards the establishment of democratic values and policies as a basis for theeventualreturnof civilian rule.
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His extended recovery andeventualreturnto broadcasting have given him new insights into the realities of suffering and hope.
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He developed a plan to prepare them foreventualreturnto society that involved three grades.
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The appearance of the ring on the auction site led to theeventualreturnof the ring.
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The fundamental idea was to produce marmots in a fashion that would facilitate theireventualreturnto the wild.
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