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culmination

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


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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

According to Professor Tom Gordon, the latest findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, mark the culmination of years of global research.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

And the culmination of that product, superintelligence, is still likely years away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Roberts-Smith's arrest was the culmination of a five-year investigation by a special watchdog set up after a landmark inquiry into allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 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




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