as in epilogue
a dull or disappointing ending or result
The last chapter of the book was an anticlimax.
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Recent Examples of anticlimax
But the measures that Beijing’s economic planning agency announced this week proved to be an anticlimax — the trillions of yuan that observers were hoping would be revealed never materialized.
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Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2024
With Ramos’ catch evoking memories of Mays’ greatest play, the Giants turned an anticlimax into a thriller.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
After months of high-profile proceedings in the lower courts – at one point the medication, mifepristone, was on the verge of being pulled from the market entirely – the case ended in a judicial anticlimax.
—Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2024
The fight, contrary to expectation, draws its power from its sustained tension as much as its sudden attacks — think of the exquisite serenity of Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin or the anticlimax of Kill Bill: Volume II.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
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Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2024
With Ramos’ catch evoking memories of Mays’ greatest play, the Giants turned an anticlimax into a thriller.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
After months of high-profile proceedings in the lower courts – at one point the medication, mifepristone, was on the verge of being pulled from the market entirely – the case ended in a judicial anticlimax.
—Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2024
The fight, contrary to expectation, draws its power from its sustained tension as much as its sudden attacks — think of the exquisite serenity of Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin or the anticlimax of Kill Bill: Volume II.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anticlimax
epilogue
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The epilogue takes the form of an obituary for the magazine’s late founder, but also acts as Anderson’s charming ode to the golden age of longform journalism.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
30 May 2025
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In the novel’s epilogue, Professor Pieixoto is speculating about the alternative identities of the woman who made the recordings.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
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