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
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
25 June 2026
India and the United States forged ahead in their months-long discussions about an interim trade agreement this week, with United States Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer concluding a two-day trip to New Delhi on Wednesday.
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Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
25 June 2026
In prior public comments, C’Ganti said the firm brought property management in-house during the pandemic after concluding that third-party management was not meeting the needs of tenants or the portfolio.
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Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
The trial court dismissed the petition as time-barred on May 1, 2025, concluding it was filed one day past the 365-day jurisdictional deadline.
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Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 June 2026
An adapted version of Florentina Holzinger’s Seaworld Venice, created for the Austrian Pavilion, will be presented at Gropius Bau in Berlin in spring 2027, followed by a stop at Kunsthalle Wien in Vienna that fall, before concluding its run in March 2028 at Amant in Brooklyn.
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Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
24 June 2026
The Netflix original ran for five seasons, premiering in February 2016 and concluding in June 2020.
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Diana Pearl,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
Continuing to grow awareness​ Two days after concluding his coast-to-coast journey, van Dongen was back on his bike for his regular rides around the Parkville suburbs, preparing to tackle the next item on his growing list of goals.
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Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
In a 20-season span beginning in 2006, the Miners have had two winning years, both 7-6 and both concluding with bowl losses.
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Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Verb
The 26-date trek kicked off tonight in Minnesota, and currently has stops planned for New York City’s Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles’ Intuit Dome before concluding at Austin’s Moody Center on August 14.
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Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
25 June 2026
India and the United States forged ahead in their months-long discussions about an interim trade agreement this week, with United States Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer concluding a two-day trip to New Delhi on Wednesday.
—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
25 June 2026
In prior public comments, C’Ganti said the firm brought property management in-house during the pandemic after concluding that third-party management was not meeting the needs of tenants or the portfolio.
—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
The trial court dismissed the petition as time-barred on May 1, 2025, concluding it was filed one day past the 365-day jurisdictional deadline.
—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 June 2026
An adapted version of Florentina Holzinger’s Seaworld Venice, created for the Austrian Pavilion, will be presented at Gropius Bau in Berlin in spring 2027, followed by a stop at Kunsthalle Wien in Vienna that fall, before concluding its run in March 2028 at Amant in Brooklyn.
—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
24 June 2026
The Netflix original ran for five seasons, premiering in February 2016 and concluding in June 2020.
—
Diana Pearl,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
Continuing to grow awareness​ Two days after concluding his coast-to-coast journey, van Dongen was back on his bike for his regular rides around the Parkville suburbs, preparing to tackle the next item on his growing list of goals.
—
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
In a 20-season span beginning in 2006, the Miners have had two winning years, both 7-6 and both concluding with bowl losses.
—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concluding
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Soufiane Rahimi turned aside one final Scotland corner in the closing seconds to secure the win for Morocco.
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Business interests, including the chamber, Meta, Chevron and PG&E, collectively contributed more than $52 million toward electing Becerra and opposing Tom Steyer, his top Democratic rival in the final weeks of the primary.
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And a whistle was called for offside, ending the counterattack.
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But that era is ending because memory is becoming the bottleneck.
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And the heat’s not stopping anytime soon.
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Video shows how chase led to deadly crash Instead of stopping, the purple car accelerated and sped through a red light, according to video from Joel’s dashboard camera.
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Angelina Guatemala, 64, counted on federal food stamps after retiring a couple of years ago in Ogden, Kansas, from assorted jobs arranging flowers, decorating cakes in shops, and preparing meals.
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Let the flowers rest in the bucket of water for an hour to rehydrate fully before arranging them.
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Engineers still need to examine the bridge design, inspection history, traffic loads, weather, material condition and measurement uncertainty before deciding whether to repair, restrict traffic or close a bridge.
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The market was not suddenly deciding that Novo Nordisk was a bad business.
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Adoring the outcome means deriving joy from seeing the success of others.
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But deriving a unified theory of volcanism will require a geologic Manhattan Project.
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The video is the latest in a lengthy stream of controversies the probation department has faced in recent years.
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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.
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But according to master distiller Brent Elliott, this cask finishing project started well before either of those things were a reality.
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Group placement is key — since the higher the finishing spot in the group, the more favorable the matchup (theoretically) in the next stage.
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