How to Use in the final/last analysis in a Sentence

in the final/last analysis

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  • But in the final analysis Willard could not have made the team.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 13 Dec. 2020
  • What, in the final analysis, was the impact of their work?
    — Laura Hudson, Wired, 16 Nov. 2021
  • But in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 22 Feb. 2021
  • There were nine deaths in the placebo group in the final analysis, and one in the molnupiravir group.
    — Matthew Herper, STAT, 25 Dec. 2021
  • There is a very good chance that in the final analysis, the Delta variant won’t have done much to hinder the economy.
    — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2021
  • But in the final analysis of the trial, the drug’s effectiveness dropped to 30 percent.
    — New York Times, 7 Dec. 2021
  • But in the final analysis, the show never wholly advanced beyond the initial appeal of its premise.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 13 Jan. 2022
  • There are lots of studies, but in the final analysis, what is the relationship between IQ and achievement?
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2023
  • But in the final analysis, liking or disliking an artist is not what makes his or her art memorable.
    — Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2021
  • The film turns very often on human confusion – though overridden in the final analysis by sentiment.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 6 July 2022
  • Success in democratic politics is not, in the final analysis, a matter of mobilizing the party base to win elections.
    — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Everything, in the final analysis, is a racket—even history.
    — Evan Kindley, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Whether signing up to an industry pledge or developing their own in-house protocols – in the final analysis – transparency will be key.
    — Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Above all, Putin still does not appear to have learned that revenge is not an appropriate way to act on or off the battlefield and in the final analysis is most likely to isolate and weaken Russia, perhaps irreversibly.
    — David A. Andelman, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Whether observers disagree with Gard or think Davison deserved to be assessed the foul because of his reputation makes for a healthy debate, but in the final analysis is immaterial.
    — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2021
  • In addition to the survey results, data about assets under management (AUM) will be included in the final analysis.
    — Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Still, in the final analysis, the vaccine appeared to be more than eighty-five-per-cent effective against symptomatic disease and more than ninety-four-per-cent effective against hospitalization.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2021
  • In Ayorinde, one is able to find an anchor for an otherwise challenging story, a story that in the final analysis, may be equal parts unfulfilling and scandalizing in its rendering.
    — Kovie Biakolo, Essence, 20 Apr. 2021
  • This is a genuine revolution of value, which means in the final analysis our loyalties must become ecumenical rather sectional.
    — Mike Masterson, Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2020
  • The scientists will now study other elements from the trial, including investigating why the 16 of the 34 participants in the final analysis did not get infected despite exposure.
    — NBC News, 2 Feb. 2022

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