climaxing

present participle of climax
as in culminating
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 climaxing Bloody, disturbing, shocking, and entertaining as hell, the Ghost Ship opening couldn’t be any more different from the absolute slog that follows it, climaxing on a muddled and overly complicated ending. Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026 The film’s first 40 minutes brings what feels like a continuous cut of increasingly bloody action, climaxing in the leveling of an entire town. Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 May 2026 At one point, the script prominently featured Hobbs, with the story climaxing in the destruction of Rio. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 24 Nov. 2025 Chaining together standard and heavy blows with acrobatic spins, slips, and dives is fluid and intuitive — leaving combat feeling like an ever-climaxing dance of death that often ends with insta-kill execution moves. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025 The climaxing backlash has led brands and industry associations to pressure domestic policymakers to come to the rescue and define nationwide auditing standards and regulation protocols promoted by the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy. Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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  • Fernandes created four chances per game, more than any other player across Europe’s top five leagues, culminating in a record-breaking 21 Premier League assists.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • As the line between skincare and makeup has continued to blur, foundations have become ever more sophisticated, culminating in the latest launches of next gen formulas that have exceeded our expectations for what a foundation can do.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
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  • At this time, there was just one photoshoot finishing up (see balloons video above), and by 5 pm I and the resident cats had the park to ourselves.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Aug. 2026
  • On the second floor, a construction crew worked on finishing twenty-eight hotel rooms, set to open next summer.
    Jake Offenhartz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
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  • Dragonfly Is Ahead Of Schedule Engineers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland recently delivered Dragonfly’s nearly 13-foot-long fuselage ahead of schedule after completing a month of structural testing.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The city says completing the improvements is an important investment for people who live and work near the tracks today, as well as future residents as Greeley continues to grow.
    Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Climaxing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/climaxing. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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