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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
The German will arrive in Turin for the campaign denouement at the ATP Finals as the second seed.
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Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Less emotional but equally effective dramatically is the apparent denouement of the Vince/Chickie power struggle back in New York.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
Were the false promises of the first diagnoses the murky middle, soon to give way to a satisfying denouement of recovery and healing?
—Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
After many chapters that seemed to build to a dramatic act of sabotage, the story shifts register, heading into a very different, more emotional denouement.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2024
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Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Less emotional but equally effective dramatically is the apparent denouement of the Vince/Chickie power struggle back in New York.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
Were the false promises of the first diagnoses the murky middle, soon to give way to a satisfying denouement of recovery and healing?
—Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
After many chapters that seemed to build to a dramatic act of sabotage, the story shifts register, heading into a very different, more emotional denouement.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for denouement
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That's perfectly exemplified in the season finale which gives everyone a fitting send-off.Griff Griffin, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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The season finale once again takes various characters to a seeming point of no return, and in a way that plays smartly in conversation with events from the end of Season One.Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
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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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Twin Peaks evolved into a larger, decades-spanning project, encompassing the aggressively tragic and beautiful prequel film, Fire Walk With Me, in 1992, and the confounding, hilarious, and formally defiant sequel show, The Return, which premiered 25 years later.David Sims, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2025
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Sir Isaac Julien presents his 1989 work Looking for Langston alongside its sequel Statues Never Die, while Ira Sachs brings Peter Hujar’s Day.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
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Havertz’s wife, Sophia, shared screenshots of abusive direct messages that included threats to her and her unborn child on Instagram in the aftermath of Arsenal’s defeat.Art de Roché, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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In the aftermath of the incident, the Federal Aviation Administration mandated that Boeing slow down its production of planes, capping how many of the model the company can make to just 38 per month.Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2025
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According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, the sequence of events unfolded after Scott Levitan fell into a frozen lake on Dec. 26.Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
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The Bears offensive issues were the primary factor in their returning from Indianapolis 1-2 — from the strip-sack to Williams’ two interceptions to a painful first-half red-zone sequence in which the Bears ran 10 plays inside the 20 and four from the 4 or closer and didn’t score any points.Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Denouement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denouement. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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