in the event
• as it turns (or turned) out.
• "he was sent on this important and, in the event, quite fruitless mission"
Similar:
as it turned out,
as it happened,
in the end,
as the outcome,
as a result,
as a consequence,
as an effect,
in that event
• if that happens.
• "in that event, the US would incline toward a lifting of the arms embargo"