How to Use culmination in a Sentence

culmination

noun
  • This study is the culmination of years of research.
  • The decision in this case was the culmination of years of long work on this and unrelated cases.
    Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The decision, in this case, was the culmination of years of long work on this and unrelated cases.
    Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The interview is the culmination of a decades-long game of cat and mouse between Jackson and Shelton.
    CBS News, 7 May 2022
  • Character should be a given for leaders; it’s a culmination of the interactions the leader has with their team.
    Jedidiah Alex Koh, Forbes, 4 May 2022
  • The latter, for me, is the culmination of a bright career in music and the clearest expression of Morrison’s lyrical gifts.
    Marjua Estevez, refinery29.com, 27 Apr. 2022
  • For many athletes, a tournament final would usually be the culmination of a season of athletic prowess and achievement.
    Taylor Romine, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
  • And that’s what this episode does, the culmination in the end.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2022
  • The move is the culmination of months of tensions in the region.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Here was the kind of culmination of this school nerd’s dream to go.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The star is a culmination of a busy year for the deceased singer.
    Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 4 Nov. 2017
  • An onion is not just an onion, but the culmination of months of work and the alchemy of sun and soil.
    Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 10 Feb. 2020
  • This year, the honor goes to the first image of a black hole—the culmination of more than 10 years of work.
    Science News Staff, Science | AAAS, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The film was more than just a culmination of the prior MCU movies.
    Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 4 May 2021
  • In a way, this episode is the culmination of that journey.
    Paul McCallion, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2021
  • A-Day was the culmination of a great spring for Johnson.
    Giana Han, al, 18 Apr. 2021
  • This movie in a lot of ways is a culmination of a life's work building up to this point.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The song’s culmination is an OD being dealt with in the old-school way.
    Henry Everingham, SPIN, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The game, which is the culmination of the team’s spring practice schedule, will be on April 14.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2023
  • That is the culmination of one’s work in a grad program, to get to have a thesis show.
    Deborah Vankin Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2021
  • The 64-page graphic novel is the culmination of months and months of work.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The culmination of the filming was a pair of concerts at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The lurch to the right is the culmination of a more than 50-year transformation.
    Michael Bobelian, TIME, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The presence of Spain and England in a World Cup final is the culmination of that.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • For many in the room, this was the culmination of their wildest dreams; the affirmation of their life’s work.
    Danielle C. Belton, The Root, 31 May 2018
  • It’s the culmination of Tom’s 40-year career and working with the best.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2022
  • The votes represent, in a sense, the culmination of more than a year and half of work from the committee.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 15 June 2022
  • Is this album a culmination of that work, a next step in the project, a new beginning, or none of the above?
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024
  • And yet, at no point in its twelve episodes does Revenant feel like a copy, more the culmination of that rich vein of horror.
    Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2023
  • Jessi, a disgruntled gringa, wishes to run off with Gustavo and take her children with her, setting in motion the film’s fiery culmination.
    Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024

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