Definition of finalenext

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Recent Examples of finale It's been a while since Hooters was in the sport after getting evicted from the series last season (true story), but the girls are back for this weekend's finale in Homestead. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026 Beaten by Penn State and LSU in back-to-back weeks, Gerry Faust resigned as Notre Dame head coach but stayed on for the 1985 season finale against Miami. — Dana Oneil, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026 Disney+ and Hulu have dropped the first four episodes with two new episodes available every Wednesday from November 11 through to the series finale on November 25. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026 Because the Los Angeles Football Club played its home finale like Fan Appreciation Day meant nothing, the team’s last regular season appearance on Saturday will be worth exactly that. — Josh Gross, Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for finale
Recent Examples of Synonyms for finale
Noun
  • As has happened a couple of times in this first season, the ending is both satisfying and a bit abrupt.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The ending is grounded and thoughtful, and the movie is all the better for it.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • That requires testing whether signals have predictive value, examining them together and avoiding automatic conclusions about individual behaviors.
    — Artem Lalaiants, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Laster also suggested that the company’s financial advisors had data disputing our conclusions.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • There was D’Agostino’s Villa Nova, a beloved white-tablecloth Italian place that was near the end of its life cycle when Joseph showed up.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Defensive end Austin Booker swatted a pass by Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold, and Lynch came down with the football for his first career pick.
    — Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The assault comes less than a month after the New York City Council voted to end the city’s carriage horse industry by a veto-proof majority, the culmination of a decades-long campaign to end the practice.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The angular, heterodox pickup represented the culmination of Musk’s eccentric brand of genius, at least to his legions of followers.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 9 Nov. 2026

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“Finale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finale. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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