as in ending
the last part of a process or action
the finale to the festivities was a grand display of fireworks
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Recent Examples of finale
Ross Mathews and Carson Kressley attend the RuPaul's Drag Race Season 18 finale and live crowning on April 17 in New York City.
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Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026
If The Pitt had placed the seizure-disorder reveal earlier in the season, Robby and Al-Hashimi could have spent more episodes trying to figure out how to work together, and Robby could be more challenged in his opinion about Al-Hashimi, rather than getting the last word in a season finale.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Less than 24 hours after the finale aired in December 2025, a million-dollar wire transfer landed in Louie’s bank account.
—thehustle.co, 17 Apr. 2026
The following will reveal plot points from the Season 2 finale of HBO Max‘s The Pitt.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2026
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Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026
If The Pitt had placed the seizure-disorder reveal earlier in the season, Robby and Al-Hashimi could have spent more episodes trying to figure out how to work together, and Robby could be more challenged in his opinion about Al-Hashimi, rather than getting the last word in a season finale.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Less than 24 hours after the finale aired in December 2025, a million-dollar wire transfer landed in Louie’s bank account.
—thehustle.co, 17 Apr. 2026
The following will reveal plot points from the Season 2 finale of HBO Max‘s The Pitt.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finale
Noun
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As in the less conclusive first season, it feels engineered to deliver the characters to happy, or relatively happy, endings, and to send viewers out not regretting their investment of time.—
Robert Lloyd,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
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There are twists and turns aplenty, and a satisfying ending.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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McFarlane’s first interim spell obviously represents far too small a sample to draw any definitive conclusions about his tactical style.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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The 2025 paper comes to the conclusion that the result wouldn’t be great.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Folks can read more about end-of-life doula training and practices, and search a directory, on the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance website.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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Edwards turned the ball over with 31 seconds left and Christian Braun got fouled at the other end after Jokic passed up a floater to tie it.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The group represents the formal culmination of a dispute three years in the making.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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The memoiristic project reaches a kind of culmination in Blue Heron, which is not a documentary — but is still firmly rooted in Romvari’s own past, and specifically the reverberations of her troubled eldest brother’s sudden death.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Finale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finale. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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