final curtain
noun
: the last time a curtain is lowered at the end of a performance
The audience applauded enthusiastically after the final curtain.
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When the final curtain dropped, he was left with one authentic casket in his possession.
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Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Does the titular showgirl have more coming before the final curtain call?
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
Advertisement The cameras have left Anchorage, but the consequences of Trump’s latest diplomatic theater will linger long after the final curtain call.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 16 Aug. 2025
The series premiered in 2002 and ran for four seasons, with a final curtain call in 2005.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2025
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Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Does the titular showgirl have more coming before the final curtain call?
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
Advertisement The cameras have left Anchorage, but the consequences of Trump’s latest diplomatic theater will linger long after the final curtain call.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 16 Aug. 2025
The series premiered in 2002 and ran for four seasons, with a final curtain call in 2005.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2025
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“Final curtain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/final%20curtain. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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