culmination
noun
cul·mi·na·tion
ˌkəl-mə-ˈnā-shən 
1
: the action of culminating
2
: culminating position : climax
the culmination of a brilliant career
the culmination of years of research
Examples of culmination in a Sentence
This study is the culmination of years of research.
an acting performance that was seen as the culmination of a brilliant career on the stage
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The announcement was the culmination of a 33-hour manhunt for the assassin of the popular conservative activist that has roiled the nation in fear and angry rhetoric.
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Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Their duel is brutal and operatic, the culmination of years of tension between Cleonic brothers.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
The Dallas series may have also been the culmination of a years-long downward trend.
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Even people who accept Darwin’s ideas tend to think that human beings are in some sense the culmination, the end point, of evolution.
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september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
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Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Their duel is brutal and operatic, the culmination of years of tension between Cleonic brothers.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
The Dallas series may have also been the culmination of a years-long downward trend.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
Even people who accept Darwin’s ideas tend to think that human beings are in some sense the culmination, the end point, of evolution.
—Alan Lightman
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for culmination
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“Culmination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/culmination. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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