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culmination

[kuhl-muh-nay-shuhn] / ˌkʌl məˈneɪ ʃən /


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The release last month represented the culmination of a year-plus of work led by Wang and Nat Friedman, head of Meta’s AI-products division.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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

In November 2024, Kiko Kostadinov opened its doors in the Melrose Hill neighborhood, a culmination of long nights, short trips and expansive friendships that felt as if the city had chosen them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The culmination was, of course, the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus and the journeys of the following few centuries, which completed the geographical exploration of the Earth.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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

Both seasons are brutal, logical culminations of a series’ worth of conflict.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2013

What’s really been happening is a series of culminations of parallel stories, worked out in parallel.

From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2010

By it, with what follows it, are convey'd to mortal sense the culminations of the materialistic, the known, and a prophecy of the unknown.

From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman




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