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denouement

[dey-noo-mahn] / ˌdeɪ nuˈmɑ̃ /


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With lifelike features, including muscles and veins, it’s finer aesthetically but less distinctive than earlier pieces, and suggests the denouement of their separate culture.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 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

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

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

Campy whodunnit Clue embraced the chaos: its 1985 cinema release randomly featured one of three different denouements to encourage repeat business.

From The Guardian Jan. 22, 2021

Imagine that none of the alarmist denouements materializes.

From Salon Nov. 9, 2020

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

Observe also how Bierce can attain the most stirring denouements from a few simple happenings; denouements which develop purely from these preceding circumstances.

From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)




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