culminated

verb

past tense of culminate
as in finished
to bring to a triumphant conclusion culminated the school year with a trip to New York

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Recent Examples of culminated DeLand bounces back with a drive culminated by a 5-yard TD run by Cameron Gensler. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026 That culminated in the launch of a multibillion-dollar, live-action film franchise in 2007 by Michael Bay. — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 An investigation into a fatal shooting late last month in rural Morgan Hill culminated Thursday in the arrest of a 17-year-old suspect, authorities said. — Jason Green, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026 These concerns sent Salesforce shares into a steep decline, which included a 14-day losing streak that culminated in the stock bottoming out around $150 on June 22. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 Some of the rogue behavior, which culminated in the breach of the open-source software platform Hugging Face last month, has been disclosed or alluded to previously. — Reuters, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026 Both culminated in victorious maneuvers—transformative legislation, Supreme Court decisions that expanded rights—but they were preceded by decades of cultural change. — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026 Here's a look at the weigh-in video which culminated with an intense faceoff. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Only five weeks have passed since the World Cup final culminated at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey but the most popular domestic football league on the planet returns tonight in England. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for culminated
  1. finished
  2. completed
  3. concluded
  4. climaxed
  5. crowned
Verb
  • Jurors finished yet another day of deliberations in the trial of Lindsay Clancy without reaching a verdict.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The interior, meanwhile, measures 35 sq m (376 sq ft) and is finished in wood, lending it a cozy cabin-like feel.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of finished
Verb
  • Chaparral flies autonomously Elroy Air completed a new series of autonomous, uncrewed flight tests of its Chaparral cargo aircraft under the US Department of Transportation and FAA’s eIPP project.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Google said the model excels at coding and on some benchmarks, its performance equalled that of larger models from rival AI companies, but completed them at a much lower cost.
    — Wen Shao, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of completed
Verb
  • The costars continued on Yellowstone Dutton Ranch until the fifth and final season concluded in December 2024.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The Future Factor Judge Leon concluded that the government had just failed to show that the AT&T-Time Warner merger would substantially lessen competition.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of concluded
Verb
  • In Turkey, a decade of monetary mismanagement climaxed in 2001 with a stock market crash and massive currency devaluation.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
  • Held in Las Vegas, the five-bout main card climaxed with the premature faceoff between McGregor and Holloway, who last fought each other in 2013.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 July 2026
Definition of climaxed
Verb
  • On June 23, 1991, he was crowned at Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.
    — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Just weeks after being crowned Miss North Carolina USA, Brittany Boltinhouse was stripped of her title.
    — Morgan Evans, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of crowned

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“Culminated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culminated. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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