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anticlimactic

[an-tee-klahy-mak-tik, -kluh-, an-tahy-] / ˌæn ti klaɪˈmæk tɪk, -klə-, ˌæn taɪ- /




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And what about the potentially anticlimactic matter that enslaved people in Texas may already have known they were free, if only technically?

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026

For those who don’t follow industry shenanigans too closely, this result seemed to land as a bit of an anticlimactic “Who?”

From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2026

Even the announcement of the Ashes squad was an anticlimactic foreshadowing of things to come.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025

So dynamic and so boisterous is the experience of the entrance that the rest of the building cannot help but feel anticlimactic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

"What if they're not home? God, that would be anticlimactic."

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell




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