consummations

noun

plural of consummation
1
as in endings
the last part of a process or action the signing of the contract marked the consummation of six months of negotiations

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2
as in accomplishments
the state of being actual or complete the opening of the performing arts center brought to consummation years of planning

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consummations
  1. endings
  2. accomplishments
  3. conclusions
  4. realizations
  5. culminations
  6. achievements
  7. ends
  8. successes
Noun
  • The main reason the Giants have a chance to win every week, though, despite all their injuries and heart-stopping endings, is that Jameis Winston is playing well as their starting quarterback.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Dramatic — and sometimes controversial — endings were the story of a wild college football Saturday, with late-game calls deciding some outcomes and potentially having an effect on how the College Football Playoff shapes up a couple months from now.
    — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of endings
Noun
  • Jake Mannarino, a national champion diver who had not won a high school state championship before, can finally add that gold medal to his stack of accomplishments.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Those accomplishments do not disappear simply because our professional paths are diverging.
    — Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of accomplishments
Noun
  • That requires testing whether signals have predictive value, examining them together and avoiding automatic conclusions about individual behaviors.
    — Artem Lalaiants, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Laster also suggested that the company’s financial advisors had data disputing our conclusions.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of conclusions
Noun
  • Already offputting, Reid’s performance of Rapp’s dawning realizations — flipping from dismissive skepticism to feverish belief with little in between — grows less grounded by the minute.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
  • But beyond the self-indulgences, realizations about the nature of life and the rules of society emerge.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of realizations
Noun
  • Lunar eclipses, on the other hand, tend to coincide with powerful culminations, emotional revelations and the release of something that’s reached its natural conclusion.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of culminations
Noun
  • There is also the popular option of working obsessively toward goals and achievements.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Raman spoke of each councilmember's wide range of achievements for the city, from work on film and television to advocacy for the fire department.
    — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of achievements
Noun
  • From there, the process works similarly to a battery, with negative (anode) and a positive (cathode) ends surrounding an electrolyte layer.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026
  • If entire branches are dying or needles at the ends of branches begin to die, there could be another issue impacting the tree that’s worth investigating.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of ends
Noun
  • Drama aside, celebrity beauty brands can be great—Rhode, Rare Beauty, and Fenty Beauty are huge successes that count many Allure staffers as fans, and Mes°’s mission seems promising.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 6 Nov. 2026
  • But the biggest successes in the tech industry that have carried the entire stock market for decades have almost all started with consumers.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of successes
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“Consummations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consummations. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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