final curtain

noun

: the last time a curtain is lowered at the end of a performance

The audience applauded enthusiastically after the final curtain.

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President Biden, like other lame-duck presidents, is fading from the political scene, all but leaving the stage before the final curtain. —

Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024 Her final curtain will fall on Dec. 8 in Vancouver. Don't miss any Taylor Swift news; sign up for the free, weekly newsletter This Swift Beat. —

Bryan West, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024 That’s the equivalent of the white nightgown in which so many female opera protagonists sing their dying arias just before the final curtain. —

Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024 After the final curtain, guests crossed the plaza under a whisper of rain to the Promenade of the David H. Koch Theater for the gala dinner. —

Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for final curtain

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