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finale

[fi-nal-ee, -nah-lee] / fɪˈnæl i, -ˈnɑ li /


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By the time a fourth package arrives—this one for Judith—the reader has likely identified the killer, and the novel’s finale seems like a cursory flourish.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Talking about the “Pluribus” season finale, she said that while she’s never murdered anyone, she has felt out-of-control rage.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

If he loses in October, Lula would leave office without the triumphant finale he seeks, but with an enduring legacy.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

The Geoff Hurst hat-trick goal was a great finale to a splendid occasion.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

After the big “may God continue to bless America” finale, Laura pressed a button and the screen went black.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

No matter the strengths of AI, a chatbot cannot dream up stories with flawed characters and themes and arcs and failures and triumphs—with ambiguous finales.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

But the ones I found most interesting were finales I don’t remember encountering in Baseball Digest.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

“They’re going to say he insisted. I did not insist. But I think it will be quite successful… I used to host the Apprentice finales, and we did rather well with that.”

From Salon Aug. 13, 2025

Broadcast networks mustered 20.1% in a month traditionally boosted by strong ratings for season finales of popular network shows.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2025

Cora had not seen him since the first night, but she had heard every speech of the Friday-night finales.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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