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curtain

[kur-tn] / ˈkɜr tn /


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When Gustavo Dudamel instructs the Los Angeles Philharmonic to stand at a curtain call, the players stand.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

It’s only fitting that they should take their World Cup curtain calls together—even if we were certain it was going to be eight years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Broadcom, one of only six U.S. companies valued at $2 trillion or more, brings down the curtain on a stellar earnings season.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Beyond all that, this curtain call means leaving behind one of TV’s best intergenerational relationships and its most poignant, accurate exploration of the craggy emotional geography of friendships between women.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

All the other students in the talent show, along with Principal Butler, were waiting offstage and behind the curtain.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon




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