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culmination

[kuhl-muh-ney-shuhn] / ˌkʌl məˈneɪ ʃən /


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For me, it’s just seeing this culmination of all these things for her and just having a big moment there.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

The challenges reflect the culmination of a long-standing identity crisis inside Google: whether to prioritize mass-market commercial products, or build tools for scientific research.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

The bite, it turns out, was less a culmination than an exit cue.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

The film is Marvel's last big-screen outing before Doomsday, the long-awaited culmination of multiple superhero story arcs after Avengers: Endgame.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Her family’s distress increased in the late 1890s as the U.S. government intensified its push for the culmination of its assimilation campaign: allotment.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

About 100 high school graduations and end-of-year culminations were scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, with graduation events continuing through June 16.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2025

Amazon’s fulfillment centers are one of the more disturbing culminations of this same mania for hyper-regulated efficiency at all costs.

From Washington Post Sep. 2, 2021

Mr. McCain does not expect the health care vote to be the culminations of his congressional career, which began when he won a House seat in 1982.

From New York Times Jul. 25, 2017

Both seasons are brutal, logical culminations of a series’ worth of conflict.

From Slate Sep. 25, 2013

We think our age full of the flush of men and doings, and culminations of war and peace; and so it is.

From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman




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