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culminated

verb

past tense of culminate
as in finished
to bring to a triumphant conclusion culminated the school year with a trip to New York

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Recent Examples of culminated The murder case culminated a lengthy rap sheet for Pinkney, 30, who was out on parole for a gang assault conviction at the time of the incident. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026 Neither team scored until UAB (2-2) took advantage of a 13-yard punt by Jacob Carlson to put together a 40-yard drive that culminated with McReynolds' 10-yard touchdown run 4 seconds into the second quarter. — ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026 Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been approved to move to a halfway house next year, ABC News reported, years after her stunning downfall that culminated in a conviction for defrauding investors while running her failed blood testing startup. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026 The most famous example was Humphrey the humpback in 1985, whose trip to the Delta culminated in a high-stakes rescue by researchers and government agencies. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026 The mission culminated with Cruz killing Aaliyah's fiancé, Ehsan, and her father, terrorist financier Asmar Ali Amrohi, on the eve of Aaliyah's wedding. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 Tung’s tenure and resignation foreshadowed years of pro-democracy unrest that culminated in the 2019 protests and Beijing’s repressive national security law. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026 The political climate that culminated in the 1940 Constitution was embraced by much of Cuba’s artistic and intellectual community as part of a broader quest for democracy and modernization. — Dennys Matos, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026 The drive culminated with Mahomes’ 13-yard touchdown pass to Rice. — Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for culminated
  1. finished
  2. completed
  3. concluded
  4. climaxed
  5. crowned
Verb
  • When Beck finished, his lawyer asked Leigh to follow her to the table to sign some paperwork.
    — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Then there’s the Beyond Speyside series that launched last year with Jamaica Edition, a whisky that was aged for 12 years and then finished in rum barrels sourced from that Caribbean island nation.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of finished
Verb
  • As of June, 33 data centres had been completed and were operational, 68 were under construction, and 41 were proposed.
    — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 24 Sep. 2026
  • RedBird Capital Partners has completed its deal to become the lead investor in the digital media company Puck, valuing the enterprise at $250 million.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of completed
Verb
  • The grand jury and Jackson County District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath both concluded those allegations were baseless.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The first phase of the competition concluded in late August, with all 25,000 relationships between polynomials and symmetry groups realized.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of concluded
Verb
  • 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
  • In Turkey, a decade of monetary mismanagement climaxed in 2001 with a stock market crash and massive currency devaluation.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Definition of climaxed
Verb
  • You were crowned by GQ as the best dressed man at last year’s festival.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
  • This reigning Idol champion is Missouri mom Hannah Harper, who won season 24 to become the first female country singer crowned since Underwood took the title in 2005.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of crowned

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“Culminated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culminated. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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