How to Use culmination in a Sentence

culmination

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  • Her success in her third Olympics is the culmination of a three-year-long comeback story.
    — Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2024
  • But snagging the four-day gig is the culmination of years spent working one-on-one with the same professional golfer, Martin said.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Dunn’s release is the culmination of a fight between his lawyers and the state attorney general that has drawn national attention.
    — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
  • According to Pace, the 2024 season is a culmination of what the seniors started nearly four years ago.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Gordy and Robinson’s stage appearance was the culmination of about three hours of performances from 23 different artists who took the stage Friday.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Her welcome by cheering crowds was the culmination of a 74-day, 16-nation journey through areas of West Africa that might make many a traveller gulp.
    — Noo Saro-Wiwa, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2024
  • And that’s what this episode does, the culmination in the end.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2022
  • The move is the culmination of months of tensions in the region.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The star is a culmination of a busy year for the deceased singer.
    — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 4 Nov. 2017
  • An onion is not just an onion, but the culmination of months of work and the alchemy of sun and soil.
    — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 10 Feb. 2020
  • This year, the honor goes to the first image of a black hole—the culmination of more than 10 years of work.
    — Science News Staff, Science | AAAS, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The film was more than just a culmination of the prior MCU movies.
    — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 4 May 2021
  • In a way, this episode is the culmination of that journey.
    — Paul McCallion, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2021
  • A-Day was the culmination of a great spring for Johnson.
    — Giana Han, al, 18 Apr. 2021
  • This movie in a lot of ways is a culmination of a life's work building up to this point.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2021
  • That is the culmination of one’s work in a grad program, to get to have a thesis show.
    — Deborah Vankin Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2021
  • The 64-page graphic novel is the culmination of months and months of work.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The presence of Spain and England in a World Cup final is the culmination of that.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • For many in the room, this was the culmination of their wildest dreams; the affirmation of their life’s work.
    — Danielle C. Belton, The Root, 31 May 2018
  • The votes represent, in a sense, the culmination of more than a year and half of work from the committee.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 15 June 2022
  • And yet, at no point in its twelve episodes does Revenant feel like a copy, more the culmination of that rich vein of horror.
    — Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2023
  • But today was the culmination of 12 years of hard work.
    — Alex Daugherty, miamiherald, 18 June 2018
  • The project was the culmination of a decades-long path for its co-owner Pavle Milic.
    — The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The vote is partly the culmination of events set in motion two years ago.
    — CBS News, 6 June 2024
  • The pitching event was a culmination of weeks of classes and farm work.
    — Mariana Alfaro, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2017
  • Bad actions are the culmination of bad thoughts and bad words.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2023
  • For some who have followed the case, the Supreme Court ruling was the culmination of a process that has been flawed at every step of the way.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
  • Aack Cast is the culmination of these years of Loftus’s work.
    — Pablo Goldstein, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2021
  • The shutdown was the culmination of weeks of conflict with the government and unions.
    — Helene Fouquet, Bloomberg.com, 7 May 2020
  • The work stoppage is the culmination of years of tension between the guilds and the studios over how to adapt to the digital age.
    — Tim Greiving, Washington Post, 20 July 2023

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