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Recent Examples of finale As the title suggests, the last episode details McLaren's championship victory and its battle with Ferrari that went on until the last lap of the season finale in Abu Dhabi. Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025 The two split in December 2022, just two months after the show's finale, but Windey's star has only continued to rise. Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025 Four senior managers will also be introduced before the Big 12 finale for both teams. Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2025 The Irish return home to host Florida State, while the Wolfpack plays its home finale against Wake Forest. Aaron Beard, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for finale
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Noun
  • There could be sudden news or an ending around health or employment matters, too.
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 9 Mar. 2025
  • This premise, drawn from a 2022 novel by Edward Ashton, is Bong’s bleakest yet, which is one of the reasons it’s accompanied by the closest he’s come to a happy ending (spoilers, obviously, will follow).
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Early on, Clement telegraphs his conclusion in his discussion of what Rule 48(a) does and doesn't permit a judge to do.
    Michael Rothfeld, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2025
  • This isn’t the first time that fans have jumped to the conclusion that Affleck was trying to woo his ex-wife.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • To that end, the Tokyo itinerary includes exhibitions against the Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants, an event hosted by Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts and a welcome party organized by Imanaga and Suzuki.
    Patrick Mooney, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Trump economic advisers in early March 2020 dismissed the need for fiscal action to deal with the pandemic fallout; the president would sign a $2.2 trillion relief act at the end of that very month.
    Courtenay Brown, Axios, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Trump’s attacks on America’s public land management agencies are simply the culmination of a decades-long political assault on the ability of federal land managers to properly care for the land sustainably.
    TIME, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The meeting was the culmination of a monthslong battle over the fate of the charter schools, which were originally slated for closure last October.
    Ikram Mohamed, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025

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“Finale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finale. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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