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Fed up with their inattentive and sloppy play, which culminated in their first 0-6 homestand since 1896, Giants president Buster Posey pivoted into a selling posture.
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Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
Then, the pants: padded green stalk-legs, held up by elastic suspenders, culminating in what felt like gargantuan squishy Frankenstein shoes.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 1 Aug. 2025
The third season of Going Public, which recently wrapped production, culminating in a live finale event hosted by heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, streamed worldwide from Las Vegas on X on June 24.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 July 2025
Trump nudges Republicans to support vouchers The years of politicking and campaigning from lawmakers on both sides of the issue culminated Wednesday morning with a call to Texas House GOP Caucus members from President Donald Trump ahead of the vote on SB 2.
—Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
Then, the pants: padded green stalk-legs, held up by elastic suspenders, culminating in what felt like gargantuan squishy Frankenstein shoes.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 1 Aug. 2025
The third season of Going Public, which recently wrapped production, culminating in a live finale event hosted by heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, streamed worldwide from Las Vegas on X on June 24.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 July 2025
Trump nudges Republicans to support vouchers The years of politicking and campaigning from lawmakers on both sides of the issue culminated Wednesday morning with a call to Texas House GOP Caucus members from President Donald Trump ahead of the vote on SB 2.
—Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for culminate
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Baltimore’s defense dominated the game, with Cowboys quarterbacks completing just 10 of 23 pass attempts for 155 yards, while throwing an interception and getting sacked four times.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
17 Aug. 2025
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When it was completed in 2020, the Fed announced a new approach to ensuring price stability that would allow for inflation to run moderately above its 2% target if the preceding years saw inflation undershooting its goal.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
17 Aug. 2025
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That production resulted in him winning the Offensive Player of the Year award and finishing third in the MVP balloting.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Aug. 2025
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Verlander set a season-high in innings and finished one away from his personal-best this year in strikeouts.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
17 Aug. 2025
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Researchers estimate that the actual number is even larger, taking into account births after the study's window concluded.—
De Elizabeth,
Parents,
7 Aug. 2025
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The final four episodes will conclude the eight-episode season.—
Jane LaCroix,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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It’s been nearly three months since Jamal Roberts was crowned the latest American Idol winner, and he’s been busy building a real post-show career — something not every victor from the long-running series has managed.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Sweeney was just spotted (strategically?) singing karaoke with her Euphoria co-star Hunter Schafer, who is openly trans and the greatest fear of the same base who just crowned Sweeney their queen.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
5 Aug. 2025
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All this antagonism climaxed in the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which prohibited Chinese immigration and denied the right for Chinese immigrants to become citizens, among other restrictions.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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In fact, the film’s opening scenes effectively wave away the escalating dramatic developments of the previous Jurassic World trilogy, which climaxed with dinosaurs living among us across the globe.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
1 July 2025
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“Culminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culminate. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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