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Recent Examples of culminate
The activists have already scored a partial victory forcing organizers to move the lavish celebrations that were supposed to culminate in a mega-party Saturday at the sumptuous 16th century Scuola Grande della Misericordia building.
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Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 26 June 2025
A number of factors culminated in the victory that signaled the Big Apple could be experiencing a political realignment.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 25 June 2025
Reina, Fil-Am team center back, brings us on this turbulent journey, culminating in an intimate trip to her grandmother’s hometown in the Philippines.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2025
This sense of urgency culminated in a 1939 letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt written by fellow physicist Leo Szilard and signed by Einstein.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 June 2025
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Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 26 June 2025
A number of factors culminated in the victory that signaled the Big Apple could be experiencing a political realignment.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 25 June 2025
Reina, Fil-Am team center back, brings us on this turbulent journey, culminating in an intimate trip to her grandmother’s hometown in the Philippines.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2025
This sense of urgency culminated in a 1939 letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt written by fellow physicist Leo Szilard and signed by Einstein.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for culminate
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The Detroit and Cleveland teams will play at the NBA arenas that currently exist, while Philadelphia is planning on a new building that will be completed hopefully by 2030.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 June 2025
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The correct prizes were sent at approximately 3:15 a.m. local time and completed by approximately 4:30 a.m. local time.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
30 June 2025
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Once the underground construction is finished, the Huayanli complex will be carefully returned to its original spot, fully restored and preserved, now sitting atop a modern underground facility.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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Pelinka also engineered the splendid undrafted free agent signing that was Austin Reaves, which led to the Lakers finishing this season as the third seed in the West.—
Bill Plaschke,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2025
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Meanwhile, Hong Kong concluded its stablecoin consultation in early 2025, signaling a shift toward regulatory recognition in Asia.—
Elizabeth Rossiello,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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The judge also concluded that the balance of hardships favors the imposition of an injunction.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
1 July 2025
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At Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, the maternity ward was relocated underground after a siren interrupted a birth just as the baby’s head was crowning, The Times of London reported.—
Deborah Danan,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2025
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Artist and designer Cecil Beaton performed a coy fashion magazine pose in full drag, his slender form crowned by an enormous picture hat that transforms him into something approaching a human flower, photographed by the duo David James Scott and Edgar Wilkinson.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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As Oscar’s imagination brings him close to climax, unwanted memories of that awful day suddenly puncture his thoughts, pushing images of Wilder into the same cemetery where a boy was horribly violated.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
17 June 2025
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The novel, as Fitzgerald planned it, was supposed to climax with the Mayer and Thalberg characters hiring hit men to murder each other.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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“Culminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culminate. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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