"and finally" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-and finally.ogg [Australia] Forms: and finallies [plural]
Etymology: From a newsreader's standard introduction to such pieces, which typically come at the end of a news bulletin. Head templates: {{en-noun}} and finally (plural and finallies)
  1. (idiomatic, journalism, colloquial) A light news story reserved for the end of a bulletin when there is a lack of more important items; typically involving animals or other features supposed to be amusing. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic Categories (topical): Mass media Translations (a light news story reserved for the end of a bulletin): boa-noite [masculine] (Portuguese), e finalmente (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-and_finally-en-noun-Alsyet8R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: journalism, media

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2006, BBC News website, headline, 1 January",
          "text": "The best ‘and finallies’ of 2005."
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          "ref": "2006 June 20, Eddy Lawrence, Time Out, London",
          "text": "Racing domestic animals in funny costumes on soapbox sleds is surely no more offensive than watching David Blaine take a dump in a Perspex box, and will look much better as an ‘And finally...’ on the news.",
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          "ref": "2008, The Highlands",
          "text": "The shots were included as part of BBC natural history producer Fergus Beeley nature diary from Beinn Eighe’s National Nature Reserve show water being blown back uphill on a windy day in Torridon. They have been picked up by the media as an ‘and finally’ and widely circulated.",
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          "text": "The shots were included as part of BBC natural history producer Fergus Beeley nature diary from Beinn Eighe’s National Nature Reserve show water being blown back uphill on a windy day in Torridon. They have been picked up by the media as an ‘and finally’ and widely circulated.",
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