consummation
Example Sentences
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Strangely, it tells the history of the earth in reverse, beginning in the present, so humanity isn’t the consummation of evolution, but instead casts its shadow backward.
If you can think of another government service that can perform its task in two weeks from application to consummation, let me know.
From Los Angeles Times
This spring saw the consummation of both, with the book out from the University of Chicago Press in April, and the album out on June 2 on the Pentatone label.
From New York Times
"Unwinding the merger after consummation is highly problematic and disfavored, making divestiture post-consummation significantly more difficult."
From Reuters
A whole love story has unfolded in the slicing of the meat and the splicing of the film, a courtship and consummation in the blink of an eye.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
