consummate

They were consummate problem solvers who had applied that skill to their work lives, often to great effect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 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

“It may be delayed but it cannot be defeated, and we covet for Tennessee the signal honor of being the thirty-sixth and last State necessary to consummate this great reform.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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 Harry Collison

A true woman is     "Like the keystone to an arch       That consummates all beauty:     She's like the music to a march       That sheds a joy on duty."

From Stray Thoughts for Girls by Lucy H. M. Soulsby

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

The tragic drama of character has been consummated.

From Tragedy by Ashley H. Thorndike

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

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

From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2023

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

In 1785 Mr. Ellery retired from political life and repaired to his now peaceful home to replenish his ruined fortune and enjoy the blessings of the Independence he had so much aided in consummating.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson