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Recent Examples of finals
The Alcaraz and Sinner trilogy in major finals began with an epic French Open final that came in at a whopping five hours and 29 minutes.
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Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The Prince and Princess of Wales brought their two elder kids along to the men's singles finals of the Wimbledon Championships on July 13 and Princess Charlotte joined her dad in Switzerland to see England's women's national soccer team compete in the UEFA Women's EURO 2025 final on July 27.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The Prince and Princess of Wales brought their two elder kids along to the men's singles finals of the Wimbledon Championships on July 13 and Princess Charlotte joined her dad in Switzerland to see England's women's national soccer team compete in the UEFA Women's EURO 2025 final on July 27.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for finals
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Every year in May the whole empire came to a stop for three days while 14-year-old Burgher kids sat for their comprehensive exams.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Kim Kardashian is pointing the finger at ChatGPT after failing several law school exams.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Pep Guardiola’s team have six championships in that time to Liverpool’s two.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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As fans have seen, The Miz and Cena have history, including battles over various championships.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Numerous studies have shown that people who exercise regularly tend to perform better on attention, memory and executive functioning tests.—
Dana G. Smith,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Those efforts led to Caterpillar’s first autonomous truck tests.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Governments such as those of Spain and Italy demanded in vain the release of several of its nationals.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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In June, the State Department suspended visa issuance, such as visitor and student visas, to those from certain countries, including Venezuela, under a presidential proclamation restricting the entry of foreign nationals based on terrorism and public safety threats.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In 31 patients with heart failure, the new saliva test identified it 81% of the time – which is on par with traditional, more invasive medical examinations.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Nov. 2025
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Metal detectors then helped pinpoint the likely locations for more extensive examinations.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
30 Oct. 2025
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The project is part of NASA’s SIMPLEx, or Small, Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration, program, which aims to spur researchers and companies to devise ways to use small spacecraft to carry out science investigations for pennies on the dollar.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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The department declined to comment on OneCoin’s activities, citing ongoing investigations and court proceedings.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Finals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finals. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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