culminate

Example Sentences

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“We continue to expect that the year will culminate in what we hope will be quite a strong year-end in quarter four.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025

US President Donald Trump on Monday left Malaysia for Japan, on the second leg of an Asia tour expected to culminate in a meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

MND is not one disease - it is really several that culminate in the death of motor neurones or nerve cells.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

The oil giant’s layoffs, amounting to about 3% of its global workforce, culminate a yearslong push to consolidate offices and thin its ranks as it targets billions of dollars in annual structural costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

The resulting “interviews” of passengers in these dragnet operations usually culminate in a request for “consent” to search the passenger’s luggage.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander