as in culminations
the act of finishing something
The family celebrated the completion of their youngest child's education.
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Recent Examples of completions
Maye finished the game with 27 completions in 43 attempts for 295 yards with two touchdowns (both in the fourth quarter) and two interceptions, including one returned 45 yards for a touchdown by Seattle’s Uchenna Nwosu.
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Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The playmaker, who played college ball at Arizona, caught seven passes on fourth down during the season, gaining a fresh set of downs on six of the completions.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
Sixth all-time in passing yards and completions.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 6 Feb. 2026
After 17 years in the NFL, Stafford has 423 touchdowns and 5,562 completions for 64,516 passing yards, each of which is top-10 all-time.
—February 5, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
The Rams had nine completions of 20-plus yards against Seattle in the NFC Championship Game, all on deep passes.
—Kc Joyner, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Solutions, allowing 11 completions on 28 targets for 341 yards and three touchdowns.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
Jauan Jennings, who led the 49ers with 9 receiving touchdowns, is slated for unrestricted free agency — and the 49ers had only three completions on 10 targets to receivers in the blowout loss to the Seattle Seahawks in the divisional round on Saturday.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 21 Jan. 2026
There weren't many air yards attached to his completions because of all the pressure being faced.
—Ed Graney Las Vegas Review-Journal, Arkansas Online, 21 Jan. 2026
Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The playmaker, who played college ball at Arizona, caught seven passes on fourth down during the season, gaining a fresh set of downs on six of the completions.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
Sixth all-time in passing yards and completions.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 6 Feb. 2026
After 17 years in the NFL, Stafford has 423 touchdowns and 5,562 completions for 64,516 passing yards, each of which is top-10 all-time.
—February 5, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
The Rams had nine completions of 20-plus yards against Seattle in the NFC Championship Game, all on deep passes.
—Kc Joyner, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Solutions, allowing 11 completions on 28 targets for 341 yards and three touchdowns.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
Jauan Jennings, who led the 49ers with 9 receiving touchdowns, is slated for unrestricted free agency — and the 49ers had only three completions on 10 targets to receivers in the blowout loss to the Seattle Seahawks in the divisional round on Saturday.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 21 Jan. 2026
There weren't many air yards attached to his completions because of all the pressure being faced.
—Ed Graney Las Vegas Review-Journal, Arkansas Online, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for completions
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Full moons are culminations — don’t forget to pause and see what’s already come full circle before rushing into more.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
28 Nov. 2025
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One of our best successes has been building an agentic team called the Marketing Studio to roll out in product campaigns end to end.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
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But looking back, that was the high-water mark for Ukraine’s successes on the battlefield.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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Created in 2016, the annual American Black Film Festival Honors is a gala event that pays tribute to the outstanding achievements in film and television from Black artists and creatives.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
17 Feb. 2026
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The council will also hear a presentation about achievements at Kansas State University’s Olathe campus.—
Kendrick Calfee
Updated February 17,
Kansas City Star,
17 Feb. 2026
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What the 6-foot-10 Okafor did on the basketball court after arriving from Houston in 2001 speaks for itself, and let’s allow some of those accomplishments to repeat themselves for a moment.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
17 Feb. 2026
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The accomplishments of the civil-rights movement in the nineteen-fifties and sixties and of the Sanctuary Movement in the eighties depended, in part, on the infrastructure, moral clarity, and greater purpose of the church.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2026
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The Kaisariani executions of 200 communist political prisoners were one of the worst atrocities during the Third Reich’s occupation of Greece and remain a seminal moment for the country.—
Elena Becatoros,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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The Saudi Arabia Amnesty International Report for 2024-25 highlights ongoing executions, possible migrant forced labour and violations of fair trial and due process rights, as well as a lack of freedom of expression.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Traditional Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) addresses this, but standard implementations require the user to verify that the hardware functions exactly as specified by the manufacturer.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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In addition to poor implementations of AI creating new problems rather than solutions to old problems, AI can also create new risks.—
TerDawn DeBoe,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The four new arrivals, together known as Crew-12, will bring the space station up to its standard occupancy of seven people.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, arrivals to other top tourism destinations, including France, Greece, Mexico and Italy, are set to increase.—
Frédéric Dimanche,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Completions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/completions. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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