finales

noun

plural of finale
as in endings
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 finales At least one show is coming to an end this week, after some big finales last weekend. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 House of the Dragon is not making a habit out of quiet finales. — Judy Berman, Time, 10 Aug. 2026 With each season closing with an unresolved ending, Halsall says finales are crafted to keep the audience wanting more. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026 Grucci made its name on finales—when the tempo picks up and the reports intensify. — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 Crafted by celebrity stylist Carl Bembridge, the same artist who informed her Season Seven beauty, the hair played with elements of finales past. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 July 2026 The series launched with an hourlong pilot episode and also went hourlong with the Season 2 premiere and a couple of finales, including the series closer. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 22 June 2026 Kansas City is 2-4 in rubber games and 6-14 in series finales. — ABC News, 3 June 2026 Colbert’s goodbye — running some 17 minutes over — was ambitious in a way that other TV late night finales were not. — Mark Kennedy, Fortune, 23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for finales
  1. endings
  2. conclusions
  3. culminations
Noun
  • Our brains hold onto beginnings and endings and lose the middle.
    — James Glover, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Most major characters got their happy endings, though the Roy/Keeley/Jamie love triangle was left largely unresolved.
    — Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of endings
Noun
  • Grant, regrettably, was ranked 36th and last for his work on 10 snaps, though that’s too small a sample size to make any conclusions whatsoever.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2026
  • These conclusions are based on Bitsight's technical research.
    — Jesse Watson , Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of conclusions
Noun
  • Lunar eclipses, on the other hand, tend to coincide with powerful culminations, emotional revelations and the release of something that’s reached its natural conclusion.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
  • Full moons are culminations — don’t forget to pause and see what’s already come full circle before rushing into more.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 28 Nov. 2025
Definition of culminations

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