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as in ends
to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point
a brief reminder of tonight's game concluded the announcements
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as in stops
to come to an end
the concert concluded late in the evening
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as in arranges
to bring about through discussion and compromise
concluded an economic agreement among the world's leading industrial nations
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as in chooses
to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration
he concluded that the reprimand could wait until later
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as in derives
to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information
concluded that only the murderer could possibly have known that information
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Recent Examples of concludes
Compiled by the Associated Press That concludes today’s newsletter.
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Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
Downtown Sacramento was awash in Dodger blue as thousands of fans poured into the capital city for a three-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the A’s that concludes Wednesday.
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Reeti Malhotra,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
The article concludes that genuine empowerment requires substantial capital investment, not just goodwill, to build effective support systems.
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Lisa Curtis,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
The 2026 edition of Wimbledon kicked off on Monday and concludes on July 12.
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Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
30 June 2026
As soon as the day’s afternoon match between Switzerland and Bosnia-Herzegovina concludes, the solar panel powering the camp TV is cut to save energy for the evening game to come.
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Jason Motlagh,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2026
And while their mutual threat is still out there, Chiarella concludes their haunting love story on a more hopeful note.
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Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
22 June 2026
Summer school concludes July 24.
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Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
22 June 2026
These species may be in greater danger than previously recognized, the press release concludes.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
21 June 2026
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
Downtown Sacramento was awash in Dodger blue as thousands of fans poured into the capital city for a three-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the A’s that concludes Wednesday.
—
Reeti Malhotra,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
The article concludes that genuine empowerment requires substantial capital investment, not just goodwill, to build effective support systems.
—
Lisa Curtis,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
The 2026 edition of Wimbledon kicked off on Monday and concludes on July 12.
—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
30 June 2026
As soon as the day’s afternoon match between Switzerland and Bosnia-Herzegovina concludes, the solar panel powering the camp TV is cut to save energy for the evening game to come.
—
Jason Motlagh,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2026
And while their mutual threat is still out there, Chiarella concludes their haunting love story on a more hopeful note.
—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
22 June 2026
Summer school concludes July 24.
—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
22 June 2026
These species may be in greater danger than previously recognized, the press release concludes.
—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
21 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concludes
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Find your favorite before the deal ends, and check out more bedding from Bloomhaven below.
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After physical disk production ends, new games will be available exclusively in digital format from the PlayStation Store, an online shop for PlayStation games, and at retailers.
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Santorini stops being only a view and starts behaving like a place again.
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Workforce needs, customer expectations, and business conditions evolve, and leaders have to be willing to adjust if the model stops delivering results.
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And then someone arranges logistics and provides the weapon.
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Aria even has a musical director, who arranges performances and special events and compiles soundtracks for individual stays.
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Even still, no matter whether a rider chooses to lay their head in a hotel or a tent, anyone who's spent the day enjoying the open road covered by State Farm Insurance will rest far easier that night.
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Whether Weiss chooses to acknowledge the standings or not, the NL East race has become one of baseball's most compelling second-half storylines.
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His celebrated Lectures on Law repeatedly returned to natural rights, popular sovereignty, and the proposition that law derives its authority not merely from power but from justice.
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Turning a game of two halves into one of four quarters, pausing a sport that derives much of its power and mystique from a clock that never stops, has been universally unpopular.
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This ensures everything finishes cooking evenly inside the packets.
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The stage finishes on the Plateau de Solaison, where Del Toro sealed the Tour Auvergne Rhône-Alpes last month.
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The Newsom administration and California’s largest labor representative of state workers failed to reach an agreement on Tuesday to replace a contract that expires June 30, SEIU Local 1000’s chief negotiator said in an interview.
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Patients stay there for a few days to a week at a time, often until their involuntary commitment expires.
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Canada negotiates lower drug prices for all its citizens under its universal health care system.
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The fundraising comes as SpaceX negotiates to pay razor-thin fees to the Wall Street firms, though banks are still likely to rake in about $500 million.
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