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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of culminate.

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Examples

  • The call culminated more than a year of secret diplomacy -- and came only when it became clear that the heir to Pakistan\'s most powerful political dynasty was the only one who could bail out Washington\'s key ally in the battle against terrorism. '

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: U.S. Brokered Bhutto's Return to Pakistan 2007

  • The call culminated more than a year of secret diplomacy -- and came only when it became clear that the heir to Pakistan's most powerful political dynasty was the only one who could bail out Washington's key ally in the battle against terrorism.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: U.S. Brokered Bhutto's Return to Pakistan 2007

  • The call culminated in the two embracing the world cricket body's stance.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • A series of agreements signed during President Boris Yeltsin's second term culminated in the December 8, 1999 treaty to create the Union State, but Yeltsin's successor Vladimir Putin showed little enthusiasm for the project's grander goals.

    RIA Novosti 2009

  • Shakespeare was a child of his age; it had long been preparing for him; its expression culminated in him.

    Complete Essays Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • Shakespeare was a child of his age; it had long been preparing for him; its expression culminated in him.

    For Whom Shakespeare Wrote Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • Shakespeare was a child of his age; it had long been preparing for him; its expression culminated in him.

    The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • And that kind of culminated in the 1930s, with the Eternal Peace Light Memorial there, which again changed the meaning a third time.

    Gettysburg, Ground Zero: Secular Sacred Spaces 2010

  • And that kind of culminated in the 1930s, with the Eternal Peace Light Memorial there, which again changed the meaning a third time.

    Gettysburg, Ground Zero: Secular Sacred Spaces 2010

  • Leigh, I think your assessment that the economic crisis has "culminated" may be overly optimistic.

    Compulsion Loop SVGL 2008

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