consummating

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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

Two years later, they completed a torrid offseason at the league meeting by consummating the signing of defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh — and kicking the tires on trading for star receiver Odell Beckham Jr.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2023

According to multiple reports, the Mavericks consulted Doncic before consummating the Irving trade.

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2023

He singled out “My Night at Maud’s,” a 1969 classic in which a man and a woman have a lengthy conversation about love, religion and other existential themes without ultimately consummating their romantic tension.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2022

By these proceedings the controversy becoming more embarrassed than before, and less capable of a speedy solution, Henry peremptorily decided the matter by consummating his marriage with Anne Bolyne.

From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John