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culminating

[kuhl-muh-ney-ting]

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adjective

being or nearing the highest point or final stage.
The mountain, which rises to 1,125 meters, is the culminating point of the Luberon mountain range.
All students are required to participate in a capstone course that serves as the culminating experience of the degree.

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Other Word Forms

nonculminating adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of culminating¹

First recorded in 1660–70; culminat(e) ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. )

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The second Iceland goal was caused by dreadful work by the entire Scotland defence, culminating with Slicker failing to scramble the ball off his line after it ricocheted towards goal off Lewis Ferguson.

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Musk and Trump had formed a powerful but unlikely alliance , culminating in the tech billionaire having a key position of budget-slashing authority in the Trump administration.

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In 2022, the party became engulfed by claims of a toxic culture, culminating in a report by Evans that said it had tolerated "too many instances of bad behaviour".

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The very sight of the president proclaiming sweeping tariff rates on a variety of countries, culminating is his now infamous Rose Garden moment with the blue board, is the foundational legal problem here.

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�� followed was four days of tit-for-tat shelling and drone attacks, intensifying each day and culminating in missile strikes on military bases, which threatened to tip over into full-blown conflict.

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culminate culmination

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