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also dénouement
as in finale
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the final part of something (such as a book, a play, or a series of events)
In the play's denouement, the two lovers kill themselves. the competition's exciting denouement
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Recent Examples of denouement
By then, the staging — especially a scene-seating capsizing of the boat, which makes room for the lifeboat — was in place, and the gruesome denouement also remained.
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Movies ‘Gladiator II’ exaggerates, but historians say the real-life Colosseum was plenty wild
Nov. 22, 2024
The increasing strain of U.S. isolationism has led many to consider the pending denouement of another empire, this one American.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The boldness of the plot was a dark reflection of India’s rising economic weight in the West, despite the farcical denouement: An American informant had unwittingly been hired as a hit man.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
And that’s a wrap for Dark Matter, a more-thoughtful-than-I’d-expected series that lives up to its name by giving us a quasi-happy denouement that is in fact quantifiably more tragic than if Jason A had never found his way back to his family.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 June 2024
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Movies ‘Gladiator II’ exaggerates, but historians say the real-life Colosseum was plenty wild
Nov. 22, 2024
The increasing strain of U.S. isolationism has led many to consider the pending denouement of another empire, this one American.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The boldness of the plot was a dark reflection of India’s rising economic weight in the West, despite the farcical denouement: An American informant had unwittingly been hired as a hit man.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
And that’s a wrap for Dark Matter, a more-thoughtful-than-I’d-expected series that lives up to its name by giving us a quasi-happy denouement that is in fact quantifiably more tragic than if Jason A had never found his way back to his family.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for denouement
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Cold Harbor, the evocative season two finale of Severance, clearly resonates with leadership strategists as a case study in the risks of extreme compartmentalization.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Some of the most prolific talents the show has ever produced strutted straight out of the show's third installment, which culminated in a finale that saw fan-favorite model Yaya DaCosta duke it out against Eva Marcille (more on her, later) on the runway.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Meet the Real-Life Loves of Netflix's The Residence Cast Keep reading for everything to know about the bombshell ending of The Residence — including the unlikely murderer behind A.B. Wynter’s death.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Out of that, this: a team that had three wins over opponents ranked in the top five at the time and 11 wins over NCAA Tournament teams before this lamentable ending.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2025
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The new agreement will come at the conclusion of the previous 12-year deal agreed to by both parties, which was signed in 2013 for $5.2 billion Canadian.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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Other risk assessments by the center have been posted by the CDC even though their conclusions might seem obvious.—
Patricia Callahan,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
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According to Deadline earlier this year, the author is working on her sequel novel, set for publication in 2025 ahead of the premiere of season 2, which is in production.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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While sequels, spinoffs, and shorts have all helped keep the magic alive, the studio has been really banking on one strategy in particular: the live-action remake.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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In the aftermath of the French brand’s 2022 crisis over advertising images that critics claimed condoned the exploitation of children, that business, too, collapsed.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Car prices saw a dramatic upswing in the aftermath of the pandemic, Bailey Schulz reports.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2025
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The report, which did not include a cause for the crash, noted that the exact sequence of the aforementioned events is still being examined.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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On Des Moines’ first attacking sequence after halftime, Feilhaber was fouled in the box to set up a penalty kick.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
20 Mar. 2025
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