as in finished
to bring to a triumphant conclusion
culminated the school year with a trip to New York
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Recent Examples of culminated
The film, which world premiered at BIFF, represents a creative journey that began with a chance encounter in Seoul and culminated in an equal Danish-Korean co-production that challenges conventional filmmaking models.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
What began as a body build and moved through a phase of mechanism testing culminated in a series of tethered and free flights after the creator rebuilt the vehicle’s test frame, tuned control loops, and trimmed mass from the foam shell.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
This culminated in a Super Bowl appearance against Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers in 1997.
—Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
At Harris Reed and Dreaming Eli, exaggerated eyes culminated into stark lashes.
—Essence, 23 Sep. 2025
Last August, the long reign of Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s autocratic Prime Minister, was brought to a sudden end after bloody street rallies culminated in the sacking of her residence.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The activity culminated in Thursday's quake, which briefly triggered warnings of a tsunami, although no such event occurred.
—Peter Aitken
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Disney, the parent company of ABC, removed the late-night comedian from its airwaves after a conservative outcry over Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk’s assassin culminated in public pressure from FCC Chair Brendan Carr.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Nothing says the market is due for another such manic episode, which itself had only been closely approximated by the binge that culminated 70 years earlier.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
What began as a body build and moved through a phase of mechanism testing culminated in a series of tethered and free flights after the creator rebuilt the vehicle’s test frame, tuned control loops, and trimmed mass from the foam shell.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
This culminated in a Super Bowl appearance against Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers in 1997.
—Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
At Harris Reed and Dreaming Eli, exaggerated eyes culminated into stark lashes.
—Essence, 23 Sep. 2025
Last August, the long reign of Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s autocratic Prime Minister, was brought to a sudden end after bloody street rallies culminated in the sacking of her residence.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The activity culminated in Thursday's quake, which briefly triggered warnings of a tsunami, although no such event occurred.
—Peter Aitken
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Disney, the parent company of ABC, removed the late-night comedian from its airwaves after a conservative outcry over Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk’s assassin culminated in public pressure from FCC Chair Brendan Carr.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Nothing says the market is due for another such manic episode, which itself had only been closely approximated by the binge that culminated 70 years earlier.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for culminated
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Got her shoulder pulled out and finished the game with her leg being taken out and probably has a fracture.—
Mike Cook,
Twin Cities,
27 Sep. 2025
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Matz finished the fourth and recorded the first two outs of the fifth.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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Throughout the course of the game, Williams completed 19 of his 28 pass attempts for 298 yards, four touchdowns, and no interceptions.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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What’s more, Jones has completed 27 of his 43 passes for a league-high 415 yards and a touchdown against the blitz this year.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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The country concluded its general elections with Sandu's Party of Action and Solidarity winning an overall majority.—
Rajeev Tyagi,
ABC News,
29 Sep. 2025
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While the data during the peak of the Covid closures was even weaker, the increasing number of store closures and mounting cost pressures on tenants are likely to further dampen rent growth in the next several quarters, the report concluded.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Tate McRae was born in the pop summer of 2003, the summer that climaxed in the legendary kiss between Britney and Madonna at the MTV Video Music Awards.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 2025
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There was the ignominy of falling into League One and then the long, arduous road back that climaxed with promotion via the Championship play-off final in May.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Adrian Stoica and his dog, Hurricane, were crowned the winners of AGT in part two of the season 18 finale in 2023.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Grand Hotel remains Mackinac Island’s most iconic landmark, a sprawling Victorian masterpiece crowned by the world’s longest porch—where rocking chairs invite you to linger over cocktails as the sun dips into the Straits.—
Christine Chitnis,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Culminated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culminated. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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