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culminating

[ kuhl-muh-ney-ting ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

being or nearing the highest point or final stage:
The mountain, which rises to 1,125 meters, is the culminating point of the Luberon mountain range.
All students are required to participate in a capstone course that serves as the culminating experience of the degree.

First recorded in 1660–70; culminat(e) ( def ) + -ing ²( def )

Over the next few years, a chasm would open up between the Party and the KGB, culminating with the failed coup in August 1991.

A typical number would last 20 minutes or more during this culminating phase of his musical evolution.

The problem, as many an emperor could confirm, is that culminating points are easiest to identify in retrospect.

A flurry of emails continued over the weekend, culminating in what they claimed were $2 million in new donations.

What followed, instead, was a year of inaction, culminating in a government shutdown and a stand-off over the fiscal cliff.

The battle continued to rage with increasing violence, the culminating point being reached on November 11.

And there was much love for him in the world—culminating in his own household.

Disturbances culminating in Miocene times once more produced terrestrial conditions.

His wife accompanied him, and now there began for them the culminating and most critical period of their lives.

West of this stands the lumpy Mukchung-simo group, with its culminating point lying south, 24 W.

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