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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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In two months, he went from polling at 5% in a March IGS poll to 25% in a late May poll and finishing first in the unofficial primary vote count.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Copilot Chat says Spain will win it, England will reach the semi-finals and Scotland will go out in the group stage, despite finishing third in their group.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 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

Roosevelt remembered how Rondon had secretly delayed finishing the canoes in order to fill in the details of their map earlier in the journey.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




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