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culminate

verb

ˈkəl-mə-ˌnāt How to pronounce culminate (audio)
Definition of culminatenext
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 Like Michael Myers at the end of Halloween, Amisha survived her various ballistic injuries culminating in a multistory fall to the ground. — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026 Pirro could then bring the matter to a federal grand jury, which would have the power to hand up a criminal indictment that could ultimately culminate in fines and even imprisonment. — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026 The drive culminated with Mahomes’ 13-yard touchdown pass to Rice. — Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026 Race riots erupted in Omaha, Nebraska, culminating in the lynching of Will Brown, a Black man, and resulting in the deaths of two White rioters, along with significant damage to the Douglas County Courthouse. — USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for culminate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for culminate
  1. complete
  2. finish
  3. conclude
  4. crown
  5. climax
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  • There are already rumors of the Senate breaking for campaign season early, but Republican leadership still wants to confirm nominees and complete some regulatory rollbacks.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • So the first question was whether a single party should ever hold a complete key, and therefore complete control over a client’s assets.
    — Sergey Stopnevich, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of complete
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  • The daffodils here were almost finished, apart from one little patch of stragglers still flowering on heroically against the odds.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Tools can also summarize meeting transcripts, identify follow-up tasks and prepare customer relationship management (CRM) updates before a salesperson finishes their next meeting.
    — Don Markland, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of finish
Verb
  • Your essay concludes with a reflection on the financial difficulties that come with working in print journalism.
    — Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
  • German officials said police findings, intelligence information and the methods used in the attack led Berlin to conclude Russia was responsible.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of conclude
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  • Landry was crowned Miss USA in 1996, taking on the crown from predecessor Shanna Moakler.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Here the part of Mark Antony was played by a European journalist, who with the session’s first question attempted to crown Malkovich with an Oscar winner’s laurels six months ahead of schedule.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of crown
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  • The Sex Pistols were due in San Francisco at any moment, and punk rock in America was about to climax.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The show climaxed in a Bonnie and Clyde-ish stickup, a demand for arts funding at the point of a gun.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of climax

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“Culminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culminate. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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