finishing
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He formed the Frank Zappa-styled Blarf with classmates at Berklee, but “as I was finishing college,” he says, “I just didn’t see a future in jazz bass.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
“You don’t need finishing school,” wrote Garry Tan, the president and CEO of renowned startup accelerator Y Combinator, in a post on X responding to news of Slow’s class.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
This manuscript shows that the original Old English poem was reinserted into the Latin within 100 years of Bede finishing his History.
From Science Daily • May 17, 2026
The Dow Jones Industrial Average bounced back from early losses, finishing up 0.1%, or around 56 points.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
To me, finishing eighth grade with the second-highest GPA felt like a failure, even though lots of people told me it shouldn’t.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Vocabulary lists containing finishing
Engineering - Middle School
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Engineering - High School
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