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culmination

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


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For early investors, the IPO is the culmination of a decadelong story.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

But investigations precede recalls, which are the culmination of investigations.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Some wept upon hearing that the law was passed, with one worker saying it was the culmination of a "22-year struggle to gain protection".

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

“This is the culmination of a two-year-long effort to get some justice for the Sandy Hook families,” Collins said in a LinkedIn post.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

Poncelet’s mathematics was the culmination of the work begun by the artists and architects of the fifteenth century, like Filippo Brunelleschi and Leonardo da Vinci, who discovered how to draw realistically—in perspective.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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