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• present participle of culminate.

culminating

American  

[kuhl-muh-nay-ting] / ˈkʌl məˌneɪ tɪŋ /

adjective

1. being or nearing the highest point or final stage.

   The mountain, which rises to 1,125 meters, is the culminating point of the Luberon mountain range.

   All students are required to participate in a capstone course that serves as the culminating experience of the degree.

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Other Word Forms

• nonculminating
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of culminating

First recorded in 1660–70; culminat(e) ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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culminating

Brussels has already drawn Washington's ire with probes under different laws, culminating in fines worth billions of dollars.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Rebecca Onion digs into the movie’s many twists and turns, culminating in “the psychological-thriller equivalent of a plot quadruple axel.”

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

Everything he’d been pointing towards in the distance was now here, culminating all at once.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Some will conclude that the rule breaches between 2009 and 2018 helped City to lay the foundations on which Guardiola built on to achieve so much success, culminating in the Treble triumph of 2023.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

This was the culminating romantic event of the school year on campus, and it seemed to me in my fantasy mode to be the perfect vehicle for our reconciliation.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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