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Examples of finish line in a Sentence
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Popular on Variety Getting a first season of any show to the finish line is a lot of work.
—Jim Halterman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
About 77,000 gallons of water and 36,000 gallons of Gatorade will be on hand to help athletes make it to the finish line.
—Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
But his idea made it to the finish line when Sen. Gex Williams added the proposal to a different bill via a last minute floor amendment that was passed and signed into law.
—Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
The magazine staffers’ first union contract took two years and several months to get over the finish line.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined above
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“Finish line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/finish%20line. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
finish line
noun
: a line marking the end of a racecourse
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