as in epilogue
a dull or disappointing ending or result
The last chapter of the book was an anticlimax.
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Recent Examples of anticlimax
But the measures that Beijing’s economic planning agency announced this week proved to be an anticlimax — the trillions of yuan that observers were hoping would be revealed never materialized.
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Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2024
With Ramos’ catch evoking memories of Mays’ greatest play, the Giants turned an anticlimax into a thriller.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
After months of high-profile proceedings in the lower courts – at one point the medication, mifepristone, was on the verge of being pulled from the market entirely – the case ended in a judicial anticlimax.
—Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2024
The fight, contrary to expectation, draws its power from its sustained tension as much as its sudden attacks — think of the exquisite serenity of Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin or the anticlimax of Kill Bill: Volume II.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
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Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2024
With Ramos’ catch evoking memories of Mays’ greatest play, the Giants turned an anticlimax into a thriller.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
After months of high-profile proceedings in the lower courts – at one point the medication, mifepristone, was on the verge of being pulled from the market entirely – the case ended in a judicial anticlimax.
—Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2024
The fight, contrary to expectation, draws its power from its sustained tension as much as its sudden attacks — think of the exquisite serenity of Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin or the anticlimax of Kill Bill: Volume II.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimax
epilogue
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Instead, the book’s epilogue jumps ahead to 2195 and reveals that the main narrative of the novel is a transcription of audio tapes discovered long after the fall of Gilead that are being presented in an academic setting.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
9 Apr. 2025
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There’s a photo epilogue of the real soldiers, and many of their faces are blurred.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Anticlimax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anticlimax. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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