consummating

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The agency asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals late on Thursday to require the companies to delay consummating the transaction while the court considered the FTC's broader appeal.

From Reuters • Jul. 14, 2023

Instead of consummating the transaction, though, the girl collapses on the bed, exhausted from caring for her siblings and working at a button factory.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023

Two years later, they completed a torrid offseason at the league meeting by consummating the signing of defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh — and kicking the tires on trading for star receiver Odell Beckham Jr.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2023

According to multiple reports, the Mavericks consulted Doncic before consummating the Irving trade.

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2023

Before this matrimonial alliance was fulfilled, John came to his end; but his brother David, who displaced the heir and usurped the throne,--a fit agent for consummating the ruin of an empire,--completed the arrangement.

From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred