culmination
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Tuesday’s victory lap was the culmination of what Ellison described in his remarks as a long-term plan that was three years in the making.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
For Md Zahedul Hasan, managing director of state-owned Nuclear Power Plant Company Bangladesh, the giant complex represents the culmination of a decades-old ambition to bring nuclear power to the country.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Not to give away any spoilers, but this is the ultimate lesson in Goldie’s new book, “The Retirement Answer,” and it is the culmination of six key decisions he walks readers through.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
"This extraordinary genomic resource, the culmination of years of international cooperation of Bat1K, is finally allowing us to understand how their remarkable biology evolved."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
The night had been one that he had been looking forward to for so long, the culmination of months—of years—of work.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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About 100 high school graduations and end-of-year culminations were scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, with graduation events continuing through June 16.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
Amazon’s fulfillment centers are one of the more disturbing culminations of this same mania for hyper-regulated efficiency at all costs.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2021
I think it’s because of a writerly trick that Beard uses in each of these stories, which has the effect of making the deaths proper culminations of the pieces in which they appear.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2021
Mr. McCain does not expect the health care vote to be the culminations of his congressional career, which began when he won a House seat in 1982.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2017
Men whose years are crowded with crises, culminations, and events, who run the most risks in business, are found with the steadiest papers in their hands.
From The Lost Art of Reading by Gerald Stanley Lee
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