CULMINATING Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in crowning

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verb

present participle of culminate

as in finishing

to bring to a triumphant conclusion culminated the school year with a trip to New York

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Recent Examples of culminating

Verb

During the final half-hour, Leeds stepped off and Newcastle had their best spell, culminating in Bazoumana Toure scoring his first Premier League goal, though by then the game had long been lost. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 The conspiracy stretched from South Florida to Colombia and Haiti before culminating in Moïse’s brutal killing on July 7, 2021, after a squad of Colombian commandos stormed his house accompanied by two Haitian Americans from South Florida. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026 Lakeland opens the second half with an 80-yard drive, culminating with a 10-yard TD run. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026 Oasis split in 2009 after years of tension between the brothers, culminating in an altercation at Paris’ Rock en Seine festival, where Noel quit the band. — Sophie Williams, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2026 Even casual college football fans can see the writing on the wall, as the once-proud national powerhouse has fallen on hard times, culminating in a 51-10 beatdown at the hands of LSU on Saturday night. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026 This was also the start of a brief era, culminating in 2018’s Crazy Rich Asians, that proved Asian Americans could make the leap to the big screen. — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026 After a series of slouchy suits and bustier dresses in turquoise and scarlet silks, the show exploded to black, culminating in a series of bravado gowns. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026 After China and the United States first aggressively confronted each other on trade and technology, culminating in the trade war in 2018, the two countries reached the Phase One trade agreement, in January 2020, which stabilized ties. — Da Wei, Foreign Affairs, 7 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for culminating

Adjective

That victory was the crowning moment of an extraordinary 2026 season.

— Gemma Redrup, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
With the definition still under review, the GRAS rule proposed Monday is seen as a crowning achievement of Kennedy’s food agenda.

— Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of crowning

Verb

Andres Chaparro, Jacob Young, Keibert Ruiz and Daylen Lile have been above-average everyday bats who are finishing strong.

— Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
The company frames itself as a global creative talent and post-production studio focuses on editorial, color, VFX and finishing for brands, agencies, studios, networks, and artists.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of finishing

Adjective

In the episode's climactic bridge showdown, the tone shifts to another '90s classic, as Jim Kirk goads Reeger into a confession about the Constitution scandal.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Don’t worry, though, all these moral contradictions will be pointed out to Miguel during a lengthy, turgid, climactic argument with Sofia that goes nowhere because nobody says anything interesting.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of climactic

Verb

If completing a task would require violating the code, the model must fail the task instead, Microsoft said.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
Testing a new rail on checkout traffic puts the riskiest use case, an unfamiliar customer completing an irrevocable transaction, first in line.

— Dimitri Akhrin, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of completing

Verb

Judge Richard Stone ordered Uber to pay $40 million to Normandin-Parker’s parents, concluding that the company is responsible for its driver’s conduct, according to a news release from Panish, Shea, Ravipudi, the law firm representing the couple.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
About 850 of those had some kind of government or related experience before serving, Meduza said, concluding that most beneficiaries were already part of the ruling class.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of concluding

Verb

Bloody, disturbing, shocking, and entertaining as hell, the Ghost Ship opening couldn’t be any more different from the absolute slog that follows it, climaxing on a muddled and overly complicated ending.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026
The film’s first 40 minutes brings what feels like a continuous cut of increasingly bloody action, climaxing in the leveling of an entire town.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 May 2026

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