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Recent Examples of finale The Season 8 finale ‘Flight’, which aired on May 17, 2012, saw a group of six doctors in a plane crash that kills Meredith’s (Ellen Pompeo) sister Lexie, a devastating moment for her boyfriend Mark. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025 Ultimately, Task is about the power of forgiveness — a theme that carries through leading up to the finale. Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025 Predictions for next week’s finale? Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 12 Oct. 2025 Trachtenberg joined Buffy as Dawn Summers, the little sister to Gellar’s Buffy Summers, in season 5 and stayed on the show through its finale in 2003. Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for finale
Recent Examples of Synonyms for finale
Noun
  • His team sees the deal as a start, not an ending.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Oct. 2025
  • This is the latest Showtime series to announce its ending in the wake of the Paramount-Skydance merger.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • By the Revolutionary War’s conclusion, the king’s troops had marched through the streets of every major North American city.
    Time, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The series, which also stars Lola Tung as Belly and Gavin Casalegno as Conrad’s brother Jeremiah, recently came to a conclusion with a blockbuster third season, which broke viewership records.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At the very end, his mother made a brief appearance to wrap up the routine.
    Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 15 Oct. 2025
  • None of this means the era of massive, trillion-parameter models is coming to an end.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The culmination of 15 years of hard work, this unexpected and bold pineapple ushers in a new era of pineapple.
    Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Think of Obama in 2010 signing the Affordable Care Act, the culmination of decades of efforts to expand health care coverage.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Finale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finale. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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