as in finished
to bring to a triumphant conclusion
organizers climaxed the county fair with a down and dirty pie-eating contest
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Recent Examples of climaxed
But that’s exactly how the night climaxed on Friday (March 27) when the uncanny Argentine duo CA7RIEL y Paco Amoroso took over Canvas on 10th in Chelsea, New York to perform their electrifying new album, Free Spirits, for the first time.
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Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2026
Cosmic beings, this week opens with the Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio, a liminal checkpoint between what has already climaxed and what is about to be reborn.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 8 Feb. 2026
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
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
Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2026
Cosmic beings, this week opens with the Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio, a liminal checkpoint between what has already climaxed and what is about to be reborn.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 8 Feb. 2026
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for climaxed
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Wells won the individual title in vault, Florida's Riley McCusker took the bars, Minnesota's Brooklyn Rowray finished first on beam and three-time Olympic medalist Jordan Chiles the floor for UCLA.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The Flyers finished 43-27-12 for 98 points.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The demonstration that drew thousands to downtown Los Angeles culminated at the Metropolitan Detention Center.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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This dispute culminated in the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s designation, by outraged tweet, of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk—a standing peril to national security.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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Phoenix bounced back to cut the deficit to 65-62 at the break after Green completed a four-point play — hitting a 3 while being fouled — with one second remaining.—
David Brandt,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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The book was completed months before Anthropic’s redlines generated new interest in autonomous-drone swarms and killer robots, but even then the writing was on the wall.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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Three Georgia State Patrol troopers and their supervisor were fired from the department after an investigation revealed a scheme where officers used insurance claims to profit off of vehicle chases, an internal report concluded.—
Asia Simone Burns,
AJC.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Battle of the Billionaires concluded at that year’s WrestleMania and got great ratings.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Big Ten has fielded conference championships in all of its 28 sports except women’s volleyball, which crowned only a regular-season champion.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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The news of his return as coach comes after his contestant, Alexia Jayy, was crowned the winner of season 29.—
Daniela Avila,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Climaxed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/climaxed. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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