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• present participle of culminate.

culminating

American  

[kuhl-muh-ney-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

Etymology

Origin of culminating

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

Example Sentences

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culminating

And in the culminating piece that gives the collection its title, she writes of the catastrophic betrayal that floats out of sight in the later writings of Alice Munro.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The fact that they’ve moved up together “marks a period of extremely aggressive buying, culminating in a parabolic uptrend,” Adam Turnquist, chief market strategist at LPL Financial, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Outside the stadium, bars, beaches and Metro stations became theaters of drama and triumph, culminating in hours-long revelry all throughout the city at after-parties and postgame celebrations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

They became exacerbated ahead of Tuesday's vote - which FdI's junior partners had reservations about - eventually culminating in the defeat of the amendment.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

She struggled to stay focused and push forward, but the culminating weight of everything that had happened that week wouldn’t leave her alone.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older