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Recent Examples of culminate
The week culminates on April 6 with a celebrity softball game at Georgia State's stadium, formerly Turner Field.
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Cassell Ferere, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Frustrated by the referee's enforcement of rope breaks during an Extreme Rules match, Cena physically retaliated against the official, culminating in a clothesline.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The city of Charlotte sells the theater to the Foundation for the Carolinas for $1.
▪ March 24, 2025: Following a number of fits and starts over the years, renovation and restoration that began in 2018 culminates with the reopening of Carolina Theatre.
—Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
Likewise, the Black male pain side story mentioned earlier culminates in a boss fight with soulful lyrics that nearly brought me to tears.
—PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
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Cassell Ferere, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Frustrated by the referee's enforcement of rope breaks during an Extreme Rules match, Cena physically retaliated against the official, culminating in a clothesline.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The city of Charlotte sells the theater to the Foundation for the Carolinas for $1.
▪ March 24, 2025: Following a number of fits and starts over the years, renovation and restoration that began in 2018 culminates with the reopening of Carolina Theatre.
—Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
Likewise, the Black male pain side story mentioned earlier culminates in a boss fight with soulful lyrics that nearly brought me to tears.
—PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for culminate
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He was also empowered to achieve a lifestyle by design that is filled with adventure, including completing IRONMAN triathlons and diving with great white sharks.—
Kody Boye,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The final cost will be set once the design is completed, said Laura Swartz, the communications director for the Department of Finance.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2025
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Miami rallied, finished strong, believed, and these past two play-in games have nourished that belief.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
19 Apr. 2025
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The computer’s latest forecast now has Wycombe down to finish second with an average of 88.75 points across those simulations to Wrexham’s 87.13 points.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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China's tariff rate is now in triple digit territory, and who knows what happens in 90 days when this pause concludes.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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The audience peaked with around 21.1M viewers as the nail-biting game, in which the Gators trailed for a majority of the time, was concluding.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2025
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Start cuing up some Matlock reruns to fill all that dead airtime because the Sole Survivor has already been crowned.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The record has been covered on releases from artists like Amy Studt and Joanne Farrell, but Crow has crowned Clarkson’s version as the best yet — ranking even higher than her own.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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Eventually, as the dawn breaks, Guy is able to bring Molly to climax.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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Hayworth, who commanded the screen as few stars could, is the haunting center of this ever-spiraling thriller, which climaxes in a hall-of-mirrors shootout that is one of the most visually complex scenes of the era.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Culminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culminate. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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