as in ending
the last part of a process or action
the award for best picture is traditionally the evening's grand finale
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Recent Examples of grand finale
The women were given the warmup slot, while the men were treated as the grand finale.
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Haley Rosen, Sportico.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Another high-octane Winter Olympics has reached its grand finale.
—Garrett Chorpenning, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
The number-one TikTok post featured the show’s grand finale and drove 146,000 engagements.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
The celebration is Carnival's grand finale and is the day that closes out the festive season, according to USA TODAY's previous reporting.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
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Haley Rosen, Sportico.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Another high-octane Winter Olympics has reached its grand finale.
—Garrett Chorpenning, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
The number-one TikTok post featured the show’s grand finale and drove 146,000 engagements.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
The celebration is Carnival's grand finale and is the day that closes out the festive season, according to USA TODAY's previous reporting.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grand finale
Noun
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However the film lands a poignant and lyrical ending that sends the audience out on a note of hope.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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Beginning early Saturday morning and ending, hopefully, before midnight, Anderson was walking a 50-mile circuit of his own design through the entire city of San Francisco.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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However, that conclusion has been questioned by some critics.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Mar. 2026
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Though the assessor’s office relies heavily on data and modeling, its conclusions, outside appeals and internal policies can drastically change values and make the office’s political tightrope shaky.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Hamlin used his Las Vegas victory last October to lock into NASCAR's championship-deciding finale three weeks later.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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DeGrom, who pitched in a back field game Sunday morning, was scheduled to wrap up spring training in the Arizona finale (or in a minor league game).—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Further on the tech front, OpenAI is focusing employee and investor attention on its enterprise business as the artificial intelligence startup gears up to go public, potentially by the end of the year, CNBC has learned.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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The department released more than 100,000 pages of material by that deadline but did not release the majority of its files until the end of January.—
MAEGAN VAZQUEZ THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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As Joachim Trier stood on the Dolby Theatre stage, clutching Norway’s first Academy Award, the moment marked the culmination of a decades-long national project — built patiently, deliberately and with oil money turned into cultural capital.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Mar. 2026
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The game was the culmination of a weekend’s worth of events.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2026
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People wait to enter the Boulder Theater on the closing night of the 2013 Boulder International Film Festival.—
Libby Smith,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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The demolition marks the closing of a chapter and a new beginning, Rodríguez said.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Grand finale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grand%20finale. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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