How to Use culmination in a Sentence

culmination

noun
  • This study is the culmination of years of research.
  • And that’s what this episode does, the culmination in the end.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2022
  • The move is the culmination of months of tensions in the region.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Here was the kind of culmination of this school nerd’s dream to go.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The star is a culmination of a busy year for the deceased singer.
    — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 4 Nov. 2017
  • An onion is not just an onion, but the culmination of months of work and the alchemy of sun and soil.
    — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 10 Feb. 2020
  • This marks the culmination of a five-year plan, per RZA.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Feb. 2025
  • This year, the honor goes to the first image of a black hole—the culmination of more than 10 years of work.
    — Science News Staff, Science | AAAS, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The film was more than just a culmination of the prior MCU movies.
    — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 4 May 2021
  • The match against City on Wednesday night was the culmination of that process.
    — Guillermo Rai, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
  • In a way, this episode is the culmination of that journey.
    — Paul McCallion, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2021
  • A-Day was the culmination of a great spring for Johnson.
    — Giana Han, al, 18 Apr. 2021
  • This movie in a lot of ways is a culmination of a life's work building up to this point.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The song’s culmination is an OD being dealt with in the old-school way.
    — Henry Everingham, SPIN, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The game, which is the culmination of the team’s spring practice schedule, will be on April 14.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2023
  • That is the culmination of one’s work in a grad program, to get to have a thesis show.
    — Deborah Vankin Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2021
  • The 64-page graphic novel is the culmination of months and months of work.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The culmination of the filming was a pair of concerts at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The lurch to the right is the culmination of a more than 50-year transformation.
    — Michael Bobelian, TIME, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The presence of Spain and England in a World Cup final is the culmination of that.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • For many in the room, this was the culmination of their wildest dreams; the affirmation of their life’s work.
    — Danielle C. Belton, The Root, 31 May 2018
  • It’s the culmination of Tom’s 40-year career and working with the best.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2022
  • So this has been the culmination of a 30-year friendship.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The votes represent, in a sense, the culmination of more than a year and half of work from the committee.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 15 June 2022
  • Is this album a culmination of that work, a next step in the project, a new beginning, or none of the above?
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024
  • And yet, at no point in its twelve episodes does Revenant feel like a copy, more the culmination of that rich vein of horror.
    — Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2023
  • But today was the culmination of 12 years of hard work.
    — Alex Daugherty, miamiherald, 18 June 2018
  • The project was the culmination of a decades-long path for its co-owner Pavle Milic.
    — The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The reunion marked the culmination of an emotional journey for both dogs.
    — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The culmination was a remarkable fadeaway jumper with Dillon Brooks’ hand in his face after Murray seemed to want the tenacious Brooks switched on him.
    — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025

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