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concluded

American  
[kuhn-kloo-did] / kənˈklu dɪd /

adjective

  1. brought to an end; finished.

    The Nigerian contingent to the just concluded Olympics returned with seven gold medals.

    The complaint states that this investigation amounts to reopening a concluded issue.

verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of conclude.

Other Word Forms

  • unconcluded adjective
  • well-concluded adjective

Etymology

Origin of concluded

conclude ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Keenan’s review concluded that the case was justified, according to former prosecutors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

US Representatives Pramila Jayapal and Jonathan Jackson concluded a five-day trip to Cuba on Sunday as President Donald Trump has stepped up pressure on the communist government.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

But the new study’s “premise that the majority of disappearances are voluntary absences minimizes the responsibility of the state,” concluded the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Center for Human Rights.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Most of these restrictions concluded with the end of Jewish quotas in U.S. higher education in the 1960s and 1970s.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

After about a year, though, he concluded that the amount of time he was spending practicing the accordion was impinging on his chess studies.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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