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complete

[kuhm-pleet] / kəmˈplit /






Usage

What are other ways to say complete? The adjective complete implies that a certain unit has all its parts or is fully developed or perfected, and may apply to a process or purpose carried to fulfillment: a complete explanation. Entire means whole, having unbroken unity: an entire book. Intact implies retaining completeness and original condition: a package delivered intact. Perfect emphasizes not only completeness but also high quality and absence of defects or blemishes: a perfect diamond.

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Price attributes the current failures to a "complete lack of a plan or accountability".

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

“It’s the most complete mastodon molar from our area, and the most spectacular mastodon molar that I’ve ever seen,” Wayne Thompson, a paleontologist and owner of the firm Pacific Paleontology, said in the news release.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

The Justice Department requested additional information from television company Fox and set-top box maker Roku, as the companies work to complete a roughly $25 billion deal.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

The hospital's admitting doctor, Dr Basir Kunduzi, did not complete a bleeding risk assessment on the day of her admission, the inquest heard.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Katherine’s angles were a little off, so she’d gotten only two shots with complete names and addresses and phone numbers, and two other witness names that could be pieced together from multiple shots.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Having sales associates offer personal styling services completes the illusion of shopping in a far more upscale store.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

A French security source told AFP the agency would keep using the software in the meantime, since it cannot afford operational disruptions while ChapsVision's tool completes development.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

And if the Senegal international agrees personal terms and completes the switch to Villa his arrival is likely to trigger England international Ollie Watkins' move to Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

The board intends to explore a public-private model, with funding sources, amounts and any cost sharing determined only after an outside consultant completes an analysis and presents recommendations.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

It screeches and shudders from lack of use until it finally completes its noisy path.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Matano beat out dozens of other artists to secure the commission to create the sculpture and, after many months, has completed a preliminary clay art form, according to the release.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

This catches parents off guard more often than you might expect — especially those who completed beneficiary forms early in their careers and haven’t reviewed them since.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

The announcement comes days after Mistral completed a funding round led by South Korea’s Samsung Electronics that lifted its valuation above $24 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Hints of gold, beige and dusty rose completed the palette.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

As the game progressed, Bobby had only twenty minutes remaining on his clock to make the required forty moves, and he’d so far completed just sixteen of them.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

It asks approval before completing any purchase, Meta said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

It was hard for her to stomach the fact that had things not collapsed in Afghanistan, she would have been four semesters from completing medical school and beginning her practical rotations at a hospital.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

The USC quarterback had one of the most precise performances of his Trojans tenure, completing 23 of 25 passes for 349 yards and three touchdowns.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

Peters spearheaded an exhausting, 1,500-mile island-wide bus tour spanning all 32 counties, completing dozens of radio chats and community stops to promote the swansong.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

At just the time that Henry Cavendish was completing his experiments in London, four hundred miles away in Edinburgh another kind of concluding moment was about to take place with the death of James Hutton.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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