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consummate

[kon-suh-mayt, kuhn-suhm-it, kon-suh-mit] / ˈkɒn səˌmeɪt, kənˈsʌm ɪt, ˈkɒn sə mɪt /




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Making his debut as Ms. Nadon’s partner in “Emeralds,” Gilbert Bolden III supported her with consummate strength and ease.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

Then there’s the fact that Snow made no escape attempt, when I know him to be the consummate survivor.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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

But the foregoing is insufficient to explain the unparalleled power and persistence of our love which time intensifies more than it wears out, and consummates as it consumes it.

From Underground Man by Gabriel Tarde

Feudalism can be compared to a nut-shell, which protects the kernel till it quietly consummates its maturing process within.

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsuro Hara

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

White House National Security Council deputy adviser, Jonathan Finer, said on CBS' Face the Nation on Sunday that "we worked to try to get Marc included in the deal that consummated last week".

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2024

But that deal was never consummated and Triller experienced its own legal issues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

Then the mating is consummated, with the female laying eggs in a groove in a tree branch.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

The apotheosis of the emperors consummated its degradation.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

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

Instead of consummating the transaction, though, the girl collapses on the bed, exhausted from caring for her siblings and working at a button factory.

From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 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

For the purpose of consummating certain speculative ends, congress has treated with contempt state laws and state authority.

From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud


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