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culmination

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


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For Md Zahedul Hasan, managing director of state-owned Nuclear Power Plant Company Bangladesh, the giant complex represents the culmination of a decades-old ambition to bring nuclear power to the country.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Tuesday’s victory lap was the culmination of what Ellison described in his remarks as a long-term plan that was three years in the making.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Not to give away any spoilers, but this is the ultimate lesson in Goldie’s new book, “The Retirement Answer,” and it is the culmination of six key decisions he walks readers through.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

"This extraordinary genomic resource, the culmination of years of international cooperation of Bat1K, is finally allowing us to understand how their remarkable biology evolved."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

The culmination was, of course, the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus and the journeys of the following few centuries, which completed the geographical exploration of the Earth.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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

I think it’s because of a writerly trick that Beard uses in each of these stories, which has the effect of making the deaths proper culminations of the pieces in which they appear.

From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2021

What’s really been happening is a series of culminations of parallel stories, worked out in parallel.

From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2010

It had two culminations; shortly after the appearance of The French Revolution, and again towards the close of the seventh decade of the author's life.

From Thomas Carlyle by John Nichol




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