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last act

NOUN

denouement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

climax culmination finale

STRONG

close completion conclusion end resolution wind-up

WEAK

final curtain

Antonyms

STRONGEST

beginning opening start

STRONG

commencement

NOUN

finale

Synonyms

STRONGEST

climax conclusion denouement

STRONG

afterpiece cessation chaser close closer consummation culmination end epilogue finis finish payoff peroration summation termination wind-up

WEAK

blow off crowning glory end piece swan song

Antonyms

STRONG

beginning commencement initiation introduction opening start

WEAK

debut first act

NOUN

swan song

Synonyms

STRONGEST

farewell wind-up

WEAK

adieu climax closer coda conclusion crowning achievement crowning glory culmination dying words end piece envoi epilogue famous last words farewell performance final appearance final appearance or performance final gesture finis goodbye last hurrah last shot last words parting song peroration

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Or, at least, we hoped it was the last act.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

More: Berkshire Hathaway shrinks cash pile in Buffett’s last act.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

Common at such events in China, there was a visible security presence, and the last act -- global star Dimitri Vegas joined by Chinese rapper Masiwei -- finished at 10pm.

From Barron's • Nov. 23, 2025

His last act at the network was being publicly dressed down for a ridiculous comment about NASCAR’s investigation of an apparent noose in Black driver Bubba Wallace’s garage.

From Slate • Oct. 8, 2025

By the next week she was feeling truly ready to go back to work and remembering with every breath her last act at the factory.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

last act

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