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Neill was a consummate character actor, hard-working and driven by a love for his craft, with a filmography spanning decades and roles that touched countless lives.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

They described the mother as "intelligent, confident, a consummate professional" and praised her devotion to her family.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Luke’s piece tells the story of Mike Love, 85, the last remaining member of one of the 20th century’s consummate pop acts, while also reflecting on nostalgia, bitterness, legacy, and mortality.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026

Christa Miller, who plays consummate mother and opinionated neighbor Liz on “Shrinking,” has one piece of advice for parental dressing: Step away from the athleisure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

On the other hand, it might make of him a consummate bore.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Yet the secret genius of "Your Love" is that the song never directly spells out whether the narrator consummates his crush in real life; we only get one side of the story.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2023

With “Part II,” Hogg consummates a sweeping, inward-looking masterwork, one that reexamines and in certain cases amends reality, the likes of which few filmmakers reach in their careers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2022

Most times, the ritual is all sound and fury and consummates its purpose without any actual violence.

From Newsweek ● Sep. 9, 2013

The God who poured Himself forth into the world consummates His resurrection in the soul when that soul understands His creative word and echoes it.

From Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity by Collison, Harry

This day, according to our information, gives a husband to your elder sister, and consummates, it is to be presumed, her fondest desires.

From Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Lossing, Benson John

In an age when every middle-class household could afford a few hearth gods, the superior collector consummated his passion for beauty against the “prevailing winds of progress, fashion, democracy, money, and modernity.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

Although Henry married his cousin, their marriage was apparently never consummated and his wife later filed for annulment.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2025

The plea agreement was all but signed, sealed and delivered when it was presented in a Delaware federal court in July 2023, whereupon it stood to be swiftly consummated 999 times out of 1,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2024

If it’s consummated, the deal would reverse Boeing’s largest outsourcing move after nearly 20 years, allowing the aerospace giant to tighten oversight of its most important parts provider.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2024

The whole proceedings were illegal, and the illegality was consummated by the prisoners being brought before a Oldenbarneveldt executed. special tribunal of 24 judges, nearly all of whom were personal enemies of the accused.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

If the universal acclaim of “Oklahoma!” will force Hart to confront his professional irrelevance, maybe Elizabeth’s beaming presence — and the promise of them consummating their feelings — will be sufficient compensation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025

The agency asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals late on Thursday to require the companies to delay consummating the transaction while the court considered the FTC's broader appeal.

From Reuters ● Jul. 14, 2023

The attorneys had argued Twitter was heavily reliant on Slack in consummating the deal, with multiple channels that hosted discussions about the merger.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022

They have chopped and changed and dropped and recalled spinners, hopping from Jack Leach to Dom Bess to Moeen Ali, and flirting with Matt Parkinson without ever consummating the relationship.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2021

The time now approached when Henry began to think of confirming the French authority in Scotland, by consummating the contract of marriage which had so long existed between Francis and Mary.

From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) by Bell, Henry Glassford