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culmination

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


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But investigations precede recalls, which are the culmination of investigations.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Maduro and his wife were captured in January during a nighttime operation that was the culmination of months of secretive planning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

“This is the culmination of a two-year-long effort to get some justice for the Sandy Hook families,” Collins said in a LinkedIn post.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

Inspired by mushrooms, coral reefs and a renegade aesthetic influenced more by experience than formal education, it’s the culmination of 25 years of learning and design for the Pennsylvania-born, California-based Flemming brothers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Her only child’s wedding—die culmination of all she had been, thought or done in this world— had dragged from her energy and stamina even die did not know she possessed.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison




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