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crowning

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verb

present participle of crown
as in finishing
to bring to a triumphant conclusion the Olympic Games were crowned by spectacular closing ceremonies

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Verb
  • Thirty new holes have been created specifically to challenge golf’s best, each culminating in a real-world green area that swivels and oscillates to set up distinct surfaces.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The film blends elements of Indian mythology with futuristic technology, culminating in epic battles that span both physical and spiritual realms.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Injuries, a declining offence and a disappointing bullpen all led to the club finishing last in the American League East.
    Kaitlyn McGrath, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The class in Nebraska six years ago featured Omaha Burke’s Xavier Watts, who is finishing an All-America career at Notre Dame in the CFP.
    Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Kilmer played up all of those traits in the film’s climactic scene, an intimate man-to-man duel with the gunfighter Johnny Ringo (a devilish Michael Biehn), that stands as arguably the best gun battle of the modern Western era — even if only two shots were fired.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2025
  • That way the crew could pull the whole thing down in the climactic scene with the help of an elaborate network of conveyor belts, hydraulic lifts, airblowers, and vacuum hoses.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In a statement, Furla said 80 percent of its employees are women from 80 nationalities, and 53 percent hold apical positions, including C-level roles.
    Luisa Zargani, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
  • All the fractured parts in each group were bonded to their relevant apical parts by an etch and rinse bonding system and a flowable composite resin.
    Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2013
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“Crowning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crowning. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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