culmination
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Synonyms & Antonyms for culmination
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acme, apex, apogee, capstone, climax, crescendo, crest, crown, head, height, high noon, high-water mark, meridian, ne plus ultra, noon, noontime, peak, pinnacle, sum, summit, tip-top, top, zenith
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White’s was the most prominent name on the 1992 lawsuit that compelled the NFL to accept unrestricted free agency, the culmination of years of contentious labor disputes between the owners and the players union. — The Si Staff, SI.com, "100 Figures Who Shaped the NFL’s First Century," 28 Aug. 2019 The final results of this Player of the Week performance were just a culmination of Canha finding his rhythm through consistent at bats. — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, "Athletics’ Mark Canha named AL Player of the Week, an acknowledgment of his rise to one of MLB’s best hitters," 26 Aug. 2019 His performance is the culmination of the youth honors recital finals at the annual convention of the Music Teachers’ Association of California, held at the Santa Clara Hyatt this past June. — Wired, "I Tried to Become a Musician Using Apps and a Light-Up Piano," 26 Aug. 2019 More than 2,000 women received bids during the culmination of the University of Alabama’s sorority recruitment week, and one let viewers in on the entire experience. — Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, "Watch this rare look inside Alabama’s sorority rush process in student’s all-access vlog," 23 Aug. 2019 The mini-concert beneath the Golden Gate Bridge was a preview of what’s to come this weekend — and the culmination of what Reichstetter has imagined for two years: people enjoying music at one of the city’s most historic and iconic sites. — Anna Bauman, SFChronicle.com, "Pianos bring creativity, inspiration to San Francisco’s Fort Point," 23 Aug. 2019 Poor management What is happening now is only the culmination of a medium-term trend, that has been apparent for a while. — Jayati Ghosh, Quartz India, "While India was busy celebrating its “ease of doing business” ranking, its real economy tanked," 5 Aug. 2019 In both, the movement for change began succeeding at the state level, and, in both, the culmination came at the Supreme Court. — Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, "Politics Changed the Reading of the Second Amendment—and Can Change It Again," 5 Aug. 2019 In a landmark reform, women were granted the right to drive in 2017 and were issued their first drivers' licenses in 2018, the culmination of years of activism. — Jessie Yeung And Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN, "Saudi Arabian women finally allowed to hold passports and travel independently," 2 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'culmination.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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culmination
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