as in to complete
to bring to a triumphant conclusion culminated the school year with a trip to New York

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Recent Examples of culminate Trump made inroads with young voters and Hispanic voters, culminating in a rightward shift in the Garden State. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025 The untitled film was going to culminate with Madonna’s 1990 Blonde Ambition tour and would require multiple dancing and singing sequences. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 May 2025 The nine-city tour continues across the U.S. and Europe, culminating in Las Vegas on July 26. Caché McClay, USA Today, 11 May 2025 Thorne collaborated with director John Tiffany OBE, heralding a creative partnership that culminated in bringing to stage Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in 2016. Caroline Frost, Deadline, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for culminate
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  • Lopez fired a missile into the cage with 4:27 remaining to complete the hat trick, as the Cougars gained some breathing room with an 8-6 advantage.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025
  • People whose identity cannot be confirmed or who refuse to complete the additional screening will not be able to pass through airport security, according to the TSA.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
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  • That team finished 7-9. 2002 Dallas Cowboys: Chad Hutchinson, Quincy Carter.
    Jim Reineking, USA Today, 13 May 2025
  • Benjamin junior Akari Marshall finished second in the 100 (12.22 seconds), and third in the 200 (24.23) to help lead the Buccaneers to their first state track championship in school history.
    Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2025
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  • Their research concluded that nearly 40% of dogs tested positive for the disease.
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 17 May 2025
  • Investigators later concluded that faulty mechanical systems, combined with weak oversight, were to blame.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
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  • Little Miss Strawberry will be crowned at the event.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
  • Nicaragua’s new beauty queen will be crowned at a gala in Miami in July, then head to the Miss Universe pageant on Nov. 21 in Thailand.
    Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
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  • Social uprisings over the next centuries lost the religious character of the 1525 conflict and would climax in the decidedly secular French Revolution.
    Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The story will climax in a bridge scene, one in which contact is made with the entity.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025

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“Culminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culminate. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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