finales

plural of finale

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Recent Examples of finales 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 Season premieres and season finales. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 June 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 This misery-making helped Hantz brute-force his way to two successive finales. Shaan Merchant, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026 And even though the season eventually ended with Ruben Studdard taking home the title, Aiken still finished runner up in one of the closest finales the show has seen. Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026 Thirty-six of those series reached a Game 7, with the 3-1 team posting a 23-13 record in the finales. Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for finales
Noun
  • Science fiction has explored this scenario many times, and those stories almost never have happy endings.
    Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 19 July 2026
  • At the end of a magical World Cup run filled with thrilling endings and comebacks, there was no such finish for Lionel Messi and Argentina.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026
Noun
  • Rather than accepting a single article as definitive, many readers now seek additional perspectives before forming conclusions.
    Jeremy Fields, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • The authors of that 1996 trial were themselves cautious in their conclusions.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • Similar themes may return now, but with upcoming eclipses in Leo and the South Node of Destiny’s ingress into this Fire sign on July 26, the growth brought on by this transit will likely come with shifts, culminations and endings.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 June 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

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