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as in to complete
to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done
we should finish the painting of the house by tomorrow
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2
as in to end
to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point
we'll finish the concert before dark
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as in to stop
to come to an end
the three-day race finished yesterday
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as in ending
the last part of a process or action
a pie-eating contest is the fair's traditional finish
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as in end
the stopping of a process or activity
an all-out fight right to the finish
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Recent Examples of finish
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
22 June 2026
On Monday, López finished 2 for 3 with a double, while Edwards also went 2 for 3 with an RBI and a triple.
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Tyler Carmona,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
Ethan Hanson,
Daily News,
23 June 2026
And none of that bourbon has been given a cask finish until now with the launch of the new Experimental Series, a Kentucky straight bourbon finished in Japanese mizunara oak barrels.
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Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
23 June 2026
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Three state high jumpers finished in the top 10.
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Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
22 June 2026
On Monday, López finished 2 for 3 with a double, while Edwards also went 2 for 3 with an RBI and a triple.
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Tyler Carmona,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
Noun
Zein had a standout career as a midfielder at UCLA and guided the Bruins to two consecutive NCAA Tournament Championship runner-up finishes before beginning his high school coaching career in 1976.
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Ethan Hanson,
Daily News,
23 June 2026
And none of that bourbon has been given a cask finish until now with the launch of the new Experimental Series, a Kentucky straight bourbon finished in Japanese mizunara oak barrels.
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Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finish
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Importantly, none of these children had completed the primary tetanus vaccination series.
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The semitrailer was carrying roughly 50,000 pounds of bees when the driver failed to complete a turn and tipped over, according to local radio station KOGT.
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Kylee and Aven left Bachelor in Paradise in a relationship but without an engagement, though their romance ended shortly after the season finale aired.
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The dismissal of the arson charge does not end the criminal case against Hobby.
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Chisholm scored on Jose Caballero's RBI groundout in the fourth inning before hitting a two-run homer in the sixth as New York ended a three-game losing streak and stopped Detroit's four-game winning streak.
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Disneyland officials said a cast member immediately stopped the ride.
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But this Powerball story has a sad ending.
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The crowd of 42,056 was poised for another wacky Cubs-Brewers ending, though most of those who stuck around seemed to be road-tripping Cubs fans.
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South Korea's Kospi closed down almost 6%, a rout that sparked a 20-minute trading halt, after a volatile week for chip giant and market heavyweight SK hynix, whose share price shed more than eight percent Friday.
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The lawsuit also asks for a halt to all new fossil fuel projects.
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The bidding process that won AllHere the contract had concluded months before the Carvalho travel to Washington.
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The series is even, 1-1, and concludes Sunday afternoon.
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Picking the right spots will become as important as ever, especially as more legacy contracts expire.
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The California Children’s Education and Health Care Protection Act of 2026 would indefinitely extend an existing tax on couples who make above $680,000 and individuals who make above $340,000 that’s currently set to expire in 2030.
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Additional findings could change investigators' conclusions.
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The sequence in which Carmy tries to talk Richie down from a panic attack feels equally dynamic and alive right to its conclusion — when Carmy pretends they’ve gotten locked in, just as Carmy once was, to mess with Richie’s head.
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“Finish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finish. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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