as in final
following all others of the same kind in order or time
the concluding statement will be read by the secretary
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1
as in ending
to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point
a brief reminder of tonight's game concluded the announcements
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2
as in stopping
to come to an end
the concert concluded late in the evening
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3
as in arranging
to bring about through discussion and compromise
concluded an economic agreement among the world's leading industrial nations
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as in deciding
to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration
he concluded that the reprimand could wait until later
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5
as in deriving
to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information
concluded that only the murderer could possibly have known that information
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Recent Examples of concluding
Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2025
The team finished 10-22 overall last season, concluding the season with six consecutive losses.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Doctors generally do imaging tests such as CT scans or MRIs before concluding—often through process of elimination—that a patient is experiencing a migraine.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
This has led to more than 60% of online searches concluding without the user ever clicking on an actual website result.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
The 12th installment of the show, featuring Kim Kardashian and subtitled Delicate, premiered in September 2023 and ran in two parts, concluding in April 2024.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
After an appeal, the Court of Appeal overturned that ruling, concluding that Mohamed matched the description given by the victim and a witness, and that forensic evidence placed him near the scene.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Williams, while concluding the trial, brought up the incident and accused Dennis of felonies, the lawsuit says.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
The fourth inning started with a single by Kirk, concluding an eight-pitch at-bat immediately prior to Varsho’s homer.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
Nguyen allegedly charged toward a Homeland Security Investigations officer during a street fight, scraping the officer’s knees, though prosecutors dropped the federal case before indictment after concluding the evidence was too weak to proceed.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2025
The team finished 10-22 overall last season, concluding the season with six consecutive losses.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Doctors generally do imaging tests such as CT scans or MRIs before concluding—often through process of elimination—that a patient is experiencing a migraine.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
This has led to more than 60% of online searches concluding without the user ever clicking on an actual website result.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
The 12th installment of the show, featuring Kim Kardashian and subtitled Delicate, premiered in September 2023 and ran in two parts, concluding in April 2024.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
After an appeal, the Court of Appeal overturned that ruling, concluding that Mohamed matched the description given by the victim and a witness, and that forensic evidence placed him near the scene.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Williams, while concluding the trial, brought up the incident and accused Dennis of felonies, the lawsuit says.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
The fourth inning started with a single by Kirk, concluding an eight-pitch at-bat immediately prior to Varsho’s homer.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concluding
Adjective
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On third-and-1 with seven seconds left, Schakel took the snap and tried to spike the ball, which would have stopped the clock and given his team one final play to go for the win.—
Alex Valdes,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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After Flora’s go-ahead punt return score and Payne’s fumble, Becht had two important conversions on the Cyclones’ final drive.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Nov. 2025
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Framing his win as a reclamation of sovereignty, Muizzu expelled Indian troops and canceled defense agreements with New Delhi, abruptly ending decades of security cooperation between the two countries.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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Markets gain on hopes of US shutdown ending US lawmakers on Monday inched closer to reopening the government, as the White House backed a deal that advanced in the Senate.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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Federal judge Julia Kobick in Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Administration from enforcing the policy against Orr and six other individual plaintiffs in April.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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Now, a passenger aircraft that can complete make the journey without stopping is in the final stages of construction, Qantas announced on Friday, releasing first images of the plane as it is assembled.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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E-commerce transactions are managed end-to-end without friction, from building a shopping cart and applying discounts to arranging delivery and processing returns.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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Join Chloe Mullen, a junior at Cathedral Catholic High School and member of the National Honor Society, for a special flower arranging workshop.—
Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered all McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft grounded pending further inspection, following UPS and FedEx each deciding to ground the planes that make up part of their cargo fleet.—
NPR,
NPR,
9 Nov. 2025
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The San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams will take part in a showdown this Sunday at Levi's Stadium that could possibly end up deciding who finishes first in the NFC West.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The third touchdown is still the most telling, deriving purely from a relationship between quarterback and receiver.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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Both sides think more like lawyers than historians, deriving their satisfaction from scoring points as advocates for their respective clients.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The video is the latest in a lengthy stream of controversies the probation department has faced in recent years.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2023
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The shooting happened the day before the fifth anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting that killed 17 and is the latest in what has become a deadly new year in the U.S.—
Joey Cappelletti and Mike Householder,
Anchorage Daily News,
15 Feb. 2023
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The Colorist Society has long been advocating for the role of the color finishing artist champions the new credit category.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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Angel Reese shows us that a black sequin mini can never go wrong, finishing the look with a dramatic cape moment.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Concluding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concluding. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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