Definition of "at the end of the day" []

• In summary; ultimately. (phrase)

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• "If I am not with the family, my radar is up, but I think of it like meditatingI just breathe and try to stay focusedand at the end of the day it makes me appreciate being with my family even more."
• "Because of his power, you respected him at all times, loathed his methods of madness that confounded you, yet loved him at the end of the day because he never stopped in his efforts to bring you the very best product Major League Baseball had to offer."
• "The rickety scaffolding creaked in the wind, and the workers in quilted vatnik jackets and ushanka hats staggered around, half-drunk, taking with them at the end of the day everything they could carry—doorknobs, faucets, nails."