as in ending
the last part of a process or action
the award for best picture is traditionally the evening's grand finale
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Recent Examples of grand finale
Anticipation for Rocky’s Gov Ball 2026 grand finale had been building for days, as fans lined up for a chance to claim ultra-rare copies of the VIBE print edition with Rocky on the cover.
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Rob Kenner,
VIBE.com,
8 June 2026
The grand finale was a massive fireworks display seen across the city.
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CNN Money,
7 June 2026
Of course, the commercial ends in climactic fashion, as He-Man lifts Skeletor above his head for the grand finale and the sorcerer erupts into his legendary cackle.
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Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
3 June 2026
All this spring, the bright planets Jupiter and Venus have been drawing closer and closer to each other, and the grand finale is this month.
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Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for grand finale
Rob Kenner,
VIBE.com,
8 June 2026
The grand finale was a massive fireworks display seen across the city.
—
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
Of course, the commercial ends in climactic fashion, as He-Man lifts Skeletor above his head for the grand finale and the sorcerer erupts into his legendary cackle.
—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
3 June 2026
All this spring, the bright planets Jupiter and Venus have been drawing closer and closer to each other, and the grand finale is this month.
—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for grand finale
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grand finale
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But this Powerball story has a sad ending.
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The crowd of 42,056 was poised for another wacky Cubs-Brewers ending, though most of those who stuck around seemed to be road-tripping Cubs fans.
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Additional findings could change investigators' conclusions.
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The sequence in which Carmy tries to talk Richie down from a panic attack feels equally dynamic and alive right to its conclusion — when Carmy pretends they’ve gotten locked in, just as Carmy once was, to mess with Richie’s head.
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The finale, which aired on Sunday, June 28, ended with a bang.
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In the final minutes of the finale, Ebraheim calls Albert with the news that the franchising has begun.
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By spinning off its freight unit, the remaining FedEx is focused on parcel and logistics services, while emphasizing higher-margin end markets.
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England won five corners in the additional 6 minutes at the end.
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The culmination of the event saw people filtering into the shore to create a circle of colorful surfboards dotted with flowers to toss into the ocean to honor ancestors, invoke healing and celebrate the relationship between Black people and the ocean.
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This achievement is the culmination of over 605,000 man-hours of work to remove century-old constraints that no longer matched the competitive realities of modern trade.
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Attorneys posed dueling accounts of Payton and Martin’s roles in the deadly 2022 K Street shootings as closing arguments resumed Wednesday in the pair’s murder trial in Sacramento Superior Court.
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The first half of the sentiment, the closing lines of a Zillow ad for an Idaho home listed for sale earlier this month, is pretty common.
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“Grand finale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grand%20finale. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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