1
as in inference
an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning
the detective's conclusion that the murderer had to be left-handed
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2
as in decision
a position arrived at after consideration
came to the conclusion that we couldn't go on vacation while the dog was sick
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3
as in outcome
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
all their efforts came to no practical conclusion
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as in ending
the last part of a process or action
the conclusion of the speech was a national call to arms
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as in cessation
the stopping of a process or activity
a bell signaled the conclusion of the event
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Recent Examples of conclusion
My moments of reflection on the streets of Delhi led me to some dizzying conclusions.
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Chris Perry, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
After dropping the first two games of their series against the rival Philadelphia Phillies, the Mets were a season-worst nine games out of first place at the conclusion of play on Tuesday.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Researchers previously tried to test these predictions with gravitational waves, but the comparatively weaker signals left a lot of uncertainty in the conclusions.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
No good deed goes unpunished At the conclusion of 2024's Wicked, Elphaba fully embraced the potential of her power, taking to the sky to defy gravity.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
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Chris Perry, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
After dropping the first two games of their series against the rival Philadelphia Phillies, the Mets were a season-worst nine games out of first place at the conclusion of play on Tuesday.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Researchers previously tried to test these predictions with gravitational waves, but the comparatively weaker signals left a lot of uncertainty in the conclusions.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
No good deed goes unpunished At the conclusion of 2024's Wicked, Elphaba fully embraced the potential of her power, taking to the sky to defy gravity.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conclusion
Noun
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In many edge use cases, CPUs are more than capable of running real-world inference models, especially when training is done in the cloud and inference is localized.—
Bruce Kornfeld,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Unlike consumer-facing peers that absorb massive compute costs directly onto their own balance sheets, Cohere’s approach shifts much of that burden to partners and customers who pay for their own inference.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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What's next The prime minister's resignation came a day after Interior Minister Ramesh Lekhak also announced his decision to step down.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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The government subsequently dropped its appeal of the magistrate judge’s decision to release Bryant pending his trial, according to a notice on the docket Tuesday evening.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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Local organizations are training AI models on regional medical data to improve healthcare outcomes.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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With an outside agency taking the lead, local officials hoped to mitigate concerns over conflicts of interest and inspire public trust in the investigation’s outcome, the county wrote last month in a letter to Bonta.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Maybe — just maybe — the Jets showed enough to believe that this sort of ending won’t happen as often anymore.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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No easy fixes and no tidy endings here.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
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Or that cessation triggers withdrawal symptoms—including pain, fever, and diarrhea—similar to those faced by opioid abusers.—
Kevin Sabet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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The Senate bill is opposed by multiple smoking cessation groups, who argued that the Senate version lacked teeth to curb youth vaping.—
Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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In this case, the deduction begins to decrease once income reaches $150,000 for joint filers ($75,000 for all other taxpayers) and disappears completely once income hits $350,000 for joint filers ($175,000 for all other taxpayers).—
KELLY PHILLIPS ERB,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Workers typically pay for their health insurance premiums through paycheck deductions.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The opinions expressed in this story are theirs and not those of ABC News.—
Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Some throw pillow shapes—namely ones that can do double duty as floor cushions when the occasion rises—are just superior, in our opinion.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
10 Sep. 2025
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The result is that the field of ketamine therapy goes unregulated.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Police have not indicated whether the test results have come back, who owns the dogs or if there are more dogs possibly being investigated.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Conclusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conclusion. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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