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  • present participle of finish.
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finishing

ADJECTIVE
closing
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NOUN
woodwork
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NOUN
woodwork
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During the qualifying round, South Africa won its group by finishing ahead of Nigeria and advanced despite starting the campaign with a loss due to an ineligible player used in a match against Lesotho.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

"Everyone sets out a weekly plan of roughly when they're starting and finishing each day, so the whole team knows where everyone is."

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

It closed down almost 3% on Friday, finishing at $26.24.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

With 93% of the vote counted, Pratt had 25.8% of the vote, finishing third behind incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, who had 34.3%, and progressive Democrat Nithya Raman with 28.6%., the AP said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Babci had spent the last days of peacetime she would ever know finishing it.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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