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denouement

[dey-noo-mahn] / ˌdeɪ nuˈmɑ̃ /


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We now have a denouement at Celtic Park on Saturday, a straight shootout between leaders Hearts and chasers Celtic.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Rangers have a leadership deficit that has cost them their place in the denouement, they have a weakness at their heart that caught up with them in the end.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The quick denouement extended a period of calm in which the U.S. has stopped its strikes and few Iranian drones or missiles have fallen on the Gulf since Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Next week the league phase comes to a dramatic denouement with all 18 matches kicking off at the same time.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

His chess innocence gone, he could now see the denouement perhaps twenty or more moves ahead.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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