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Recent Examples of culminate
The first major trove of Epstein files was made public last December, when the Department of Justice published multiple batches of documents culminating just before Christmas.
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Taylor Lorenz, Vanity Fair, 4 Mar. 2026
Through home videos and voicemails, a young Filipino-American soccer player relives her team’s historic win — culminating in a return to her roots and a journey that is both personal and profound.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
The movie itself won the John Cassavetes Award at the Indie Spirit Awards and grew in prestige in tandem with the Safdie brothers’ career, culminating in a Criterion Collection Blu-ray in 2022.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2026
Richmond’s partnership with Flock, one of the largest surveillance technology companies in the nation, has steadily grown since 2023, culminating in a contract worth $2 million and more than 150 cameras installed across the city.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
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Taylor Lorenz, Vanity Fair, 4 Mar. 2026
Through home videos and voicemails, a young Filipino-American soccer player relives her team’s historic win — culminating in a return to her roots and a journey that is both personal and profound.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
The movie itself won the John Cassavetes Award at the Indie Spirit Awards and grew in prestige in tandem with the Safdie brothers’ career, culminating in a Criterion Collection Blu-ray in 2022.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2026
Richmond’s partnership with Flock, one of the largest surveillance technology companies in the nation, has steadily grown since 2023, culminating in a contract worth $2 million and more than 150 cameras installed across the city.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for culminate
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While each transition had been seen independently in past experiments, researchers had never captured both in succession, completing the theoretical picture.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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Orlando City went down a man in the 88th minute when Colin Guske was handed a second yellow card for a foul on Messi, who two minutes later scored the fourth Miami goal, burying his free kick to complete the brace.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 Mar. 2026
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Before the final game of the 2022 season, manager Alex Cora said the outfielder’s name before a reporter could even finish asking which of his players most needed to take a leap forward the following year.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
2 Mar. 2026
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An electric current charged the air as two puzzlers raced to finish first.—
Lia Picard,
AJC.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Some questions may be adapted into full columns, and transcripts of the chats remain available after each session concludes.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Geologists concluded that the boulders formed over four million years as calcite built up around an organic core, which also caused the rocks' striking cracks to form over time.—
Madeline Bilis,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Girls state titles were crowned last week at the Alamodome.—
American-Statesman staff,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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Japan has won it three times (2006, 2009, and 2023), while the United States was crowned champion in 2017 and the Dominican Republic in 2013.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The film climaxes with a triumphant visit by the musicians, some in their 90s, to New York’s Carnegie Hall.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
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Cosmic beings, this week opens with the Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio, a liminal checkpoint between what has already climaxed and what is about to be reborn.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Culminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culminate. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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