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
Nearly half of the total 489 characters, 201 or 41 percent, will not be returning due to cancellations, series finales or character exits.
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
As La Jolla’s three high school football teams head into their regular-season finales this week, The Bishop’s School and La Jolla High School will try to rebound from tough losses, while La Jolla Country Day School aims to keep up its recent momentum.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Both coconut cake and key lime pie make for fine finales.
—Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
The similarity between season finales is intentional, Bell tells USA TODAY.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
This means that the Season 4 and Season 5 finales of Stranger Things — both movie-length, spanning 2+ hours — will have had a short-window theatrical run.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
The twin Fourth of July fireworks finales at Disneyland in Anaheim and the Magic Kingdom in Florida will be broadcast during a 24-hour special event on the ABC, Disney+, ESPN, Hulu, Freeform, FX and National Geographic channels and streaming platforms.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
Both the Tigers and Twins won their finales to set up a winner-take-all extra game – in Minneapolis, thanks to the Twins’ edge in the season series.
—Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2025
While this criticism is overstated, as a lot of his books have bone-chilling finales or thematically rich conclusions, there are certainly a lot of stories where he's failed to land the plane.
—James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
As La Jolla’s three high school football teams head into their regular-season finales this week, The Bishop’s School and La Jolla High School will try to rebound from tough losses, while La Jolla Country Day School aims to keep up its recent momentum.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Both coconut cake and key lime pie make for fine finales.
—Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
The similarity between season finales is intentional, Bell tells USA TODAY.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
This means that the Season 4 and Season 5 finales of Stranger Things — both movie-length, spanning 2+ hours — will have had a short-window theatrical run.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
The twin Fourth of July fireworks finales at Disneyland in Anaheim and the Magic Kingdom in Florida will be broadcast during a 24-hour special event on the ABC, Disney+, ESPN, Hulu, Freeform, FX and National Geographic channels and streaming platforms.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
Both the Tigers and Twins won their finales to set up a winner-take-all extra game – in Minneapolis, thanks to the Twins’ edge in the season series.
—Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2025
While this criticism is overstated, as a lot of his books have bone-chilling finales or thematically rich conclusions, there are certainly a lot of stories where he's failed to land the plane.
—James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for finales
Noun
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In The Gallery, in the 2021 version, there were six different endings.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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The CtrlMovie system allows for both single- and multi-player decision-making that allows for different endings based on participants’ choices.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The farm’s owners disputed the CFIA’s conclusions, arguing that the ostriches that survived the flu might offer disease-fighting antibodies for research – an idea that Kennedy endorsed in his letter to the CFIA in May after meeting with Canadian officials.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Admittedly, this study has a restricted scope and much more research is needed before conclusions can be drawn.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Finales.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finales. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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