Synonyms of culminated

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• finished
• completed
• concluded
• climaxed
• crowned
• capped (off)
• rounded (off or out)
• terminated
• wrapped up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of culminated

And yet, if income tax cuts culminated with Reagan, inheritance tax cuts only began with him. — Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026

That resistance culminated earlier this year in the form of massive protests after the killings of Good and Pretti. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

This culminated in a Tuesday decision from the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus, giving the highest penalty to Assad, his brother, and his maternal cousin, only the latter of whom was sentenced in person. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2026

From Churchill onward, many British leaders clung to fantasies of global power and splendid isolation from Europe, fantasies that culminated in the disaster of Brexit. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

The campaign culminated in a breach of Hugging Face, a popular open-source AI platform. — Harry Booth, Time, 7 Aug. 2026

This cooperation culminated in the International Space Station, which the US and Russia still jointly operate. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Those culminated in an 1880 anti-Chinese race riot that left resident Look Young dead by hanging, dozens of Chinese residents seriously injured, and most of their businesses burned and destroyed. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026

As The Athletic reported in April, after United’s Champions League exit, concerns over the future of the women’s team culminated in a meeting in March at which club owners and decision-makers spoke to senior figures from the women’s operation. — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026