climactic
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The climactic section “Cosmic Bloom,” a flashy interstellar big bang, doesn’t transcend the sum of its parts as it was meant to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Before Saturday's extraordinary final, the most climactic moment for me was Muchova beating Gauff in a thrilling tie-break in the semi-finals.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The climactic struggle on the carousel did not appear in Highsmith’s novel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
I can’t really wrap my head around the magnitude of this moment, but it just seems so, so appropriate to have such a climactic moment in my life arrive in somewhat anticlimactic fashion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
What gives the three phrases their climactic force is actually a metrical effect.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Vocabulary lists containing climactic
The Crucible
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