when all is said and done
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If anything, they may be fortunate enough to call themselves a centimillionaire — someone with a net worth of $100 million-plus — when all is said and done.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 22, 2025
After that flurry, Saints' goal difference is now just two worse than the Tractor Boys, who knows how crucial that might become when all is said and done too?
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2024
The Surge does not know whether the judge will allow Willis to continue working the case when all is said and done, or when the romantic relationship began.
From Slate • Feb. 17, 2024
“At the end of the season, when all is said and done, you won’t remember that,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2022
And perhaps what matters when all is said and done is not who puts us down but who picks us up.
From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo
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