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denouement

[dey-noo-mahn] / ˌdeɪ nuˈmɑ̃ /


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The tragic denouement has left a complex reckoning.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Hundreds of intellectuals and others have signed letters and online petitions expressing fears of a disastrous denouement: the collection’s prolonged — and possible permanent — absence from Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

What a denouement to the group this promises to be.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

But the absence of warmth in the performance robs the denouement of a portion of its awful pathos.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

The day after May failed to make her appearance, the day after Ob trudged miserably one way while I trudged miserably the other, was what they call in English class the denouement.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant

Yet despite a number of similarities, including mistakes made and disastrous denouements that spelled defeat for the U.S., each conflict had entirely different impacts on U.S. society, culture and politics.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2022

He was a student of the Tom Wolfe school of writing and favored stories with deeper meaning and surprising denouements.

From Golf Digest Apr. 14, 2020

It has survived the unhappy denouements of his last three jobs: at Real Madrid, a return to Chelsea, and then United, three clubs at which he lost first his players’ faith and then control.

From New York Times Nov. 20, 2019

From the start Martin’s books diametrically opposed the sort of neat denouements C.S.

From Salon Apr. 14, 2019

Yes, astonishing denouements began to crowd the stage.

From Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath by Wallace Smith




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