CONCLUSIONS Synonyms: 218 Similar and Opposite Words

conclusions

noun

plural of conclusion

as in inferences

an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning the detective's conclusion that the murderer had to be left-handed

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as in decisions

a position arrived at after consideration came to the conclusion that we couldn't go on vacation while the dog was sick

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as in outcomes

a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause all their efforts came to no practical conclusion

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as in endings

the last part of a process or action the conclusion of the speech was a national call to arms

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as in cessations

the stopping of a process or activity a bell signaled the conclusion of the event

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Recent Examples of conclusions Bianco has said the gap between the two sides’ conclusions is too large to ignore. —

Tom Coulter, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026 Summoned to the scene of a homicide one night, Kay discovers a body with links to a decades-old killer, a finding that calls into question her conclusions about a long-ago series of crimes. —

Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026 Hoover died a year after the break-in, and the case was closed on March 11, 1976 without any conclusions about who was responsible. —

Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026 But after months of driving and testing, the conclusions felt broadly applicable to anyone modifying a midsize or half-ton truck. —

Bryan Rogala, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026 Judges in one of the nation’s largest court systems have started using artificial intelligence, testing a tool that can rapidly distill hundreds of pages of legal motions and use samples of a jurist’s writing style to help reach conclusions and even draft tentative rulings. —

James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026 In other words, judges in Bediako-like cases could reach opposite conclusions. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026 To reach their conclusions, researchers first compiled a dataset of about 37,000 garments by combining the University of Rhode Island’s Commercial Pattern Archive with generations of runway collection images dating back to 1869. —

Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Mar. 2026 Data can suggest conclusions before investigators verify them. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Still, the inferences seem plenty reasonable.

— Cass Sunstein, Big Think, 5 Mar. 2026
In the same disclaimer, TechInsights notes that its inferences and conclusions are not final regulatory decisions.

— Jared Perlo, NBC news, 27 Feb. 2026