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in the last analysis

in the last analysis is the alternative form of in the final analysis.

Meaning of in the final analysis

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) All things considered; when all is said and done; in conclusion, basically and fundamentally.
    • I have not been personally in a conversation with anybody in the Astronaut Office that is antirobotic for some philosophical reason. They are a group of people who, in the final analysis, have the responsibility to get the job done.1990, United States. Congress House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, page 90
    Synonyms:
    at bottom

Questions about in the last analysis

What is in the last analysis the alternative form of?
In the last analysis is the alternative form of in the final analysis.

Words near in the last analysis in the dictionary

  1. in the interest of time
  2. in the interim
  3. in the know
  4. in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
  5. in the lap of the gods
  6. in the last analysis
  7. in the lead
  8. in the least
  9. in the light of
  10. in the limelight
  11. in the limit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in the last analysis (page history and authors); in the final analysis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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