finality

Example Sentences

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"They are continuing to process what happened and are struggling with the finality of the situation," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

"I have no intention of leaving the board until the investigation is well and truly over, with transparency and finality," Powell told a press briefing on Wednesday.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

The volume isn’t meant to be read in a linear fashion, nor to be shut with finality when you turn the last page.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Beneath the doctrinal sparring lies a familiar institutional fear characterized by destabilizing final judgments, opening procedural floodgates, and unraveling the architecture of criminal finality.

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2026

“Your Grace, I must protest—” hisses Durufle, but the bishop cuts him off by stamping his crozier to signal the finality of his judgment.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein