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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

She comes from a long line of people who have served their community and taught Halsey to do the same. “sister dreamer” is the culmination.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

In the 1940s and 1950s, Avery, Watson, and Crick identified DNA as the gene molecule, and described its structure as a double helix—thereby bringing the anatomical conception of the gene to its natural culmination.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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