as in ending
the last part of a process or action
the award for best picture is traditionally the evening's grand finale
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Recent Examples of grand finale
As part of the grand finale, the large, illuminated taco will be lowered as the event approaches midnight.
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Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
Proving how deep the talent pool is, the surfer dude isn’t even the grand finale.
—David Dickstein, Orange County Register, 18 Dec. 2024
Fans are now bracing for Sunday’s grand finale, which is likely to feature the last round of the blood feud between Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) and her brother Jamie (Wes Bentley).
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
The 50,000 people in the audience came together as one, singing along in the grand finale as confetti fluttered down.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2024
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Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
Proving how deep the talent pool is, the surfer dude isn’t even the grand finale.
—David Dickstein, Orange County Register, 18 Dec. 2024
Fans are now bracing for Sunday’s grand finale, which is likely to feature the last round of the blood feud between Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) and her brother Jamie (Wes Bentley).
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
The 50,000 people in the audience came together as one, singing along in the grand finale as confetti fluttered down.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grand finale
Noun
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Well, at least one part of this story has a happy ending.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
8 Jan. 2025
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Now, months later, Solo is getting his happy ending with a familiar family.—
TJ Macias,
Sacramento Bee,
6 Jan. 2025
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Studies have repeatedly found evidence that dairy may lower the risk of breast cancer but have reached differing conclusions about whether dairy promotes or staves off prostate cancer.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
Health,
18 Jan. 2025
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Given that on landing its rotors broke off, that's a pretty definitive conclusion.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
18 Jan. 2025
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Warning: The following contains spoilers for the XO, Kitty Season 2 finale.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
18 Jan. 2025
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In the season 2 finale, however, Principal Lee grants her request to extend her Heritage scholarship for another year, meaning that although XO, Kitty has yet to be renewed for season 3, Kitty's time at KISS isn't over just yet.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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These measures will be in effect till the end of February.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2025
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There was drama through the end of the season as the Ravens rallied to win the division ahead of the Steelers.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2025
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The Star-Telegram put together a list of all the closings, which can be found here.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2025
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Still more new research, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, projects that the pace of college closings could now accelerate.—
Jon Marcus,
NPR,
8 Jan. 2025
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The 2 back-to-back January actions are the culmination of Biden Administration antitrust enforcement efforts to place far greater emphasis on potential harm to labor interests, in addition to the traditional antitrust concern with promoting consumer welfare.—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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The video was inspired by the Resurrection City encampment that was the culmination of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1968 Poor People’s Campaign and held on the National Mall that is steps away from the museum.—
Roger Catlin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
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