as in finishing
to bring to a triumphant conclusion
the Olympic Games were crowned by spectacular closing ceremonies
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Recent Examples of crowning
Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
The victory was a crowning moment in her rapid ascent since joining the main roster in May 2025.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
For their contributions, ACM awarded Hellman, 70, and Diffie, 71, the crowning achievement in the field.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2016
Rob Reed, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Among Arison’s crowning achievements as owner was orchestrating the hiring of Riley prior to the 1995-96 season.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Tortured Poets is almost her crowning artistic achievement, containing the most complex and unguarded—and gorgeous—songs of her career.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
During the past two decades, I’ve been tasked in the newsroom with also writing the Land of Oz obituary tributes as the Munchkins passed away throughout the years, crowning me, by default, as another Munchkin coroner of sorts.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
There was some dissent at the festival about crowning lemonade the king.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Adam Scott is an award-winning actor thanks to his roles in Severance and Parks and Recreation, but his crowning achievement is being the dad of two children, son Graham and daughter Frankie.
—Emy Lacroix, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
That’s compared to 35% of millennials, Gen Xers and boomers who would prefer to WFH every day—crowning the newest members of the office the ones most eager to be at their cubicles.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
Civil contributes his own piano playing too — notably a Bach hymn that serves as the story’s crowning moment of failure as triumph.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
The victory was a crowning moment in her rapid ascent since joining the main roster in May 2025.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
For their contributions, ACM awarded Hellman, 70, and Diffie, 71, the crowning achievement in the field.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2016
Adjective
The media is already crowning him the 2025 World Driver’s Champion (WDC).
—Rob Reed, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Among Arison’s crowning achievements as owner was orchestrating the hiring of Riley prior to the 1995-96 season.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Tortured Poets is almost her crowning artistic achievement, containing the most complex and unguarded—and gorgeous—songs of her career.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
During the past two decades, I’ve been tasked in the newsroom with also writing the Land of Oz obituary tributes as the Munchkins passed away throughout the years, crowning me, by default, as another Munchkin coroner of sorts.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
There was some dissent at the festival about crowning lemonade the king.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Adam Scott is an award-winning actor thanks to his roles in Severance and Parks and Recreation, but his crowning achievement is being the dad of two children, son Graham and daughter Frankie.
—Emy Lacroix, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
That’s compared to 35% of millennials, Gen Xers and boomers who would prefer to WFH every day—crowning the newest members of the office the ones most eager to be at their cubicles.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crowning
Verb
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This helped keep this Mesozoic planet perpetually warm, culminating some 90 million years ago in the steamy, jungly dinosaur world of our public imagination.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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The museum guides visitors through Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, Islamic, and other global belief systems before culminating in the Buddhist 10 Courts of Hell.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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All in all, the Ferrand II collaboration is a standout example of what happens when blending and finishing all hit their mark.—
Andy Vasoyan,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Or at least that was the easy answer in 2021 and 2022, when Georgia was finishing four years of ranking in the top two nationally in run defense.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Sal's 15 minutes of fame, then, is a waking nightmare for Rogen's character — especially since Kravitz also thanks him during her climactic speech instead of Matt.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Sep. 2025
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Voice cast regulars Natsuki Hanae (Tanjiro), Akari Kitō (Nezuko), Hiro Shimono (Zenitsu) and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Inosuke) return as the Demon Slayer Corps embarks on a climactic assault against the demon king Muzan Kibutsuji.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Instead, exercising can consist of completing puzzles, filling out class reunion surveys and playing games like bridge, other card games and other games in general.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Renda coordinated the offense, passing for 288 yards and three touchdowns, completing 22 of 28 (79%) passes.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Connections made via apical synapses seemed to be strengthened by movement information more than those made via basal synapses.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, the opposite was happening in the apical dendrites: The difference in their response to unexpected stimuli increased over time.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Nov. 2021
Adjective
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Back treatments address muscle tension while clearing meridian blockages.—
Pooja Shah,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Crowning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crowning. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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